giant uterine leiomyomas are extremely rare neoplasms and are challenging both diagnostically and therapeutically. a 49-year-old premenopausal female presented at our department complaining of abdominal pain and distention for several years. ultrasound (us), color doppler us, abdominal computed tomography imaging after administration of contrast material, and abdominal magnetic resonance imagin...

background: giant retroperitoneal uterine leiomyomas are uncommon. degenerative changes of a leiomyoma may lead to unusual presentation resulting in misdiagnosis preoperatively. the final diagnosis can be made either intraoperatively or histologically. case: we report a 45-year-old multiparous women presented with abdominal distension and fatigue for six months. abdominopelvic sonography and co...

The commonest pathologic diagnosis of large prolapsed polyps is leiomyoma. Benign or malignant adenomyomatous polyps follow. Adenomyotic cyst is a rare form of adenomyosis. To our knowledge, a recurrent prolapsed giant uterine polyp comprised of adenomyotic cysts and with different pathogenesis from the original polyp has not been reported in the literature. This case report describes a 29 year...

Uterine leiomyomata are the most common gynecological benign tumors arise from the smooth muscle cells of the myometrium. The pathogenesis of fibroids is still unclear. Leiomyomas are found in more than half of women over age 35. About 70% of Caucasian women and 80% of African American women have uterine leyomyomata above 50 years of age. Most of patients have small uterine leiomyoma. Giant ute...

Giant uterine leiomyomas are extremely rare neoplasms and are challenging both diagnostically and therapeutically. A 49-year-old premenopausal female presented at our Department complaining of abdominal pain and distention for several years. Ultrasound (US), color Doppler US, abdominal computed tomography imaging after administration of contrast material, and abdominal magnetic resonance imagin...

Uterine leiomyomas represent the most common benign tumors of the female reproductive tract. Giant uterine leiomyomas are very rare neoplasms and represents a great diagnosis and therapeutic challenge. This article illustrates a case of a 45-year old woman presented to our surgery department with a 10-month history of progressive increasing abdominal size, back pain, vague abdominal pressure se...

Objective To report the management of a large uterine leiomyoma with diffuse cystic degeneration in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Design Case Report. Setting Cleveland Clinic Florida, Department of Gynecology, Section of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic surgery, Weston Florida. Patients A 52-year old woman with ADPKD with a large abdominal mass, abnorm...

uterine inversion is shortly described as the indentation and depression of the fundic area extending downwards up to the different levels of the birth canal till vaginal opening. clinical diagnosis of uterine inversion is difficult due to its non-specific symptoms and physical examination. ultrasonography is the most practical modality for radiological evaluation, but it is inadequate to deter...

Introduction. Uterine leiomyoma is the most common benign pathology in women and lipoleiomyoma is an extremely rare and specific type of leiomyoma. Here, we report an unusual case of giant pedunculated subserous lipoleiomyoma misdiagnosed preoperatively as leiomyosarcoma. Case. A 45-year-old woman admitted to our gynecology outpatient clinic for complaints of abdominal distention, tiredness, an...