title: Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis: an unusual complication of laparoscopic myomectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report a case of disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis arising after laparoscopic myomectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient presented with a large abdominopelvic mass 9 months post laparoscopic myomectomy. Clinical examination and imaging revealed a mass lying separately from the uterus and the ovaries. The large myoma and several small peritoneal myomas were removed by a laparotomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Disseminated leiomyomas have rarely been reported after laparoscopic myomectomy and hysterectomy. They could be bits left after morcellation or could be parasitic myomas. Hence, this rare condition must be kept in mind whenever a patient presents with abdominal masses following myomectomy or hysterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sunesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Dipika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Neena
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malhotra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*