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01-07-2008 | Case Report
Management of uterine giant myoma
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 1/2008
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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.