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Successful pregnancy after gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue and hysteroscopic myomectomy in a woman with diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis

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We report a patient with diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis, who wished to become pregnant. We performed hysteroscopic myomectomy after treatment with nafarelin acetate for 6 months. The patient conceived spontaneously soon after hysteroscopic myomectomy, and delivered a 2,798-g healthy baby.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Setatsukinowa-cho, Ohtsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan

    Yoshihiko Shimizu, Hiroko Yomo, Nobuyuki Kita & Kentaro Takahashi

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Shimizu, Y., Yomo, H., Kita, N. et al. Successful pregnancy after gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue and hysteroscopic myomectomy in a woman with diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 280, 145–147 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-008-0864-4

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