Open AccessTorsion of a Uterine Leiomyoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
N.M. Ward,
Melissa K. Frey,
Barry D. Shaktman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical medicine insights women s health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-562X
DOI - 10.4137/cmwh.s6780
Subject(s) - leiomyoma , medicine , torsion (gastropod) , uterus , uterine leiomyoma , abdominal hysterectomy , lower abdominal pain , hysterectomy , abdominal pain , ovarian torsion , uterine fibroids , gynecology , radiology , surgery
A 55 year-old woman presented with abdominal pain. Transvaginal ultasonography demonstrated an enlarged fibroid uterus. She underwent total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and was found to have torsion of a large pedunculated leiomyoma. There are fewer than 10 cases reported in the literature of torsion of a uterine leiomyoma
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