title: Urinary retention caused by impaction of leiomyoma in pregnancy.
abstract: Complete urinary retention caused by incarceration of a retroverted gravid uterus or large fibroid uterus is a rare condition. The following case report illustrates the acute onset of urinary retention caused by the combination of a large leiomyoma and pregnancy. Total hysterectomy was performed. To the best of our knowledge, such a combination has not been reported previously.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*