A Case of Ovarian Leiomyoma Treated with Laparoscopic Mass Excision

Primary ovarian leiomyoma is a rare tumor, accounting for only 0.5%-1% of benign ovarian neoplasms. About 80 cases have been reported in the literature worldwide to date. Most cases are asymptomatic and usually found incidentally in routine gynecologic workup, during surgery, or at autopsy. Ovarian leiomyoma is diffi cult to be differentiated from other ovarian benign and malignant neoplasms, particularly from large ovarian solid tumors. It is important to consider ovary-preserving surgery as the fi rst treatment modality in patients of reproductive age after excluding the possibility of malignancy, given that 80% of ovarian leiomyomas occur in premenopausal women and the size of the mass is larger in younger patients. Here we report a case of ovarian leiomyoma in a 38-year-old female patient who underwent laparoscopic excision of left ovarian mass and uterine myomectomy.