title: Development of leiomyomas on the uterine remnants of two women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe two cases of leiomyoma development in patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH syndrome).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 42-year-old woman with MRKH syndrome presented with lower abdominal pain, and a 38-year-old woman with MRKH syndrome presented with an asymptomatic left adnexal mass.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical examination, transabdominal ultrasonography, IV urography, laparoscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ultrasound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In both cases, laparoscopy revealed a leiomyoma originating from the left uterine remnant. The leiomyomas and the adjacent uterine remnants were laparoscopically excised.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In rare cases, leiomyomas can originate from the fibromuscular tissue of uterine remnants in patients with MRKH syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece. emakrakis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Efthimios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Deligeoroglou
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kontoravdis
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Makrakis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christopoulos
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kountouris
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Creatsas
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities*