Giant Intramural Fibroid Uterus Of 6 Kg
Giant Intramural Fibroid Uterus
Keywords:
Uterine fibroid, Symptoms, HystrectomyAbstract
Asso. Prof, Dept. of Obs. & Gyn., P.S.Medical College, Shri Krishna Hospital, Karamsad, Gujarat
Abstract : Uterine Fibroid is the most common benign solid tumor of the female genital tract. Only 20-25% of the fibroids are symptomatic. The most common presenting symptoms of fibroid uterus are menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea or pressure symptoms to the surrounding organs. Here, we report a huge uterine fibroid of 6 kg in a 50 year old female with complaint of lump in abdomen since only 4 months. On Per Abdomen Examination the lump was of 34 wks pregnant uterine size . After confirming the diagnosis by ultrasonography, Abdominal hysterectomy was done.
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2. Shimomura Y, Matsuo H, Samoto T, et al. Up-regulation by progesteron of prolifereting cell nuclear antigen and epidermal growth factor expression in human uterine leiomyoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998;83:2192-8.
3. Stewart EA. Uterine fibroids. Lancet 2001;357:293-8.
4. Tillende’s Operative Gynecology, 10th edition,vol-1,687-726
5. Uterine leiomyoma. J Clin Encrinol Metab 2007;92:4459-66.
6. Advances in Laparoscopy and Minimally invasive surgery Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America.Dec 2011, vol- 38,No.4,pg 703-730.
7. Friedman AJ, Daly M, Juneau-Norcross M, et al Long-term medical therapy for leiomyomata uteri: a prospective, randomized study of leuprolide acetate depot plus either cestrogen-progestine or progestin 'add-back for 2 years. Hum Reprod 1994; 9:1618-25.
8. Lethaby A ,. Vollenhoven B, Sowter M.Pre-Operative GnRH analogue therapy before hysterectomy or myomectomy for uterine fibroids. Cocharane Database Syst Rev 2001;2:CD000547
9. Pritts EA, Parker WH, Olive DL. Fibroids and infertility : an updated systematic review of the evidence. Fertil Steril 2009;91:1215-23.
10. Tropeano G, Amorosa S, Scambia G. Non-surgical management of uterine fibroids. Hum Reprod Update 2008;14:259-74.
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2013-04-30
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Patel, D. (2013). Giant Intramural Fibroid Uterus Of 6 Kg: Giant Intramural Fibroid Uterus. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 4(2), 169–171. Retrieved from http://www.nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/504
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