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Management of uterine giant myoma

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Abstract

Background

Giant myomas of the uterus are uncommon, particularly in developed countries.

Case

This report illustrates a case of a woman with a bilobated giant myoma of the uterus weighed in total 27.7 kg. The patient had an abdominal distension first noted 18 months before and the personal history evidenced difficulties in walking and tiredness. Abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy were carried out.

Conclusions

The knowledge of the different clinical manifestation of these myomas may allow to face that with adequate perioperative care, in order to assure a carefully and successfully surgery, although sometimes a benign pathology may be not easy to suspect in a first time.

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  1. Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedaliriuniti Foggia, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

    Luigi Nappi, Maria Matteo, Silvio Giardina, Piergiorgio Rosenberg, Ugo Indraccolo & Pantaleo Greco

  2. Loc. Montagnano 16, 62032, Camerino (MC), Italy

    Ugo Indraccolo

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Correspondence to Ugo Indraccolo.

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Nappi, L., Matteo, M., Giardina, S. et al. Management of uterine giant myoma. Arch Gynecol Obstet 278, 61–63 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-007-0523-1

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