A hysteroscopy is a procedure in which the doctor uses a hysteroscope to look at the inside of your uterus. A hysteroscope is a thin tube with a tiny camera. The uterus is the muscular organ at the top of the vagina.
Babies develop in the uterus, and menstrual blood comes from the uterus.
The doctor can guide a tool into the uterus to remove a fibroid tumor. A fibroid tumor is a growth of tissue that is usually noncancerous. You may have a hysteroscopy to remove a fibroid tumor growing in your uterus. The fibroid tumor can become large enough to press on your bladder or rectum. Or it may take up so much space in the uterus that it can get in the way of a pregnancy or cause abnormal vaginal bleeding.