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Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis: an unusual complication of laparoscopic myomectomy

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Introduction

We report a case of disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis arising after laparoscopic myomectomy.

Case report

The patient presented with a large abdominopelvic mass 9 months post laparoscopic myomectomy. Clinical examination and imaging revealed a mass lying separately from the uterus and the ovaries. The large myoma and several small peritoneal myomas were removed by a laparotomy.

Conclusion

Disseminated leiomyomas have rarely been reported after laparoscopic myomectomy and hysterectomy. They could be bits left after morcellation or could be parasitic myomas. Hence, this rare condition must be kept in mind whenever a patient presents with abdominal masses following myomectomy or hysterectomy.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

    Sunesh Kumar, J. B. Sharma, Dipika Verma, P. Gupta, K. K. Roy & Neena Malhotra

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Kumar, S., Sharma, J.B., Verma, D. et al. Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis: an unusual complication of laparoscopic myomectomy. Arch Gynecol Obstet 278, 93–95 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-007-0536-9

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