title: Antepartum myomectomy with a live term delivery--a case report.
abstract: We report a case of successful myomectomy in pregnancy. The patient, a 27 year old nulliparous, presented with 2 year history of progressive abdominal swelling and 13 weeks of amenorrhoea. Abdomino-pelvic ultrasonography revealed a viable intrauterine pregnancy at 18 weeks and 3 days; there was also a huge mass with cystic component, extending from the pelvis to the whole of the abdomen, with associated dilatation of the renal calyces bilaterally; sonographic diagnosis of ovarian mass in pregnancy was made. At exploratory laparotomy, a huge subserous leiomyoma coexisting with pregnancy was found; myomectomy was done. The rest of the pregnancy was uneventful, and the patient had spontaneous vertex delivery of a live infant at term.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State. ourgodreigns2004@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Adeyemi
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Akinola
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Isawumi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*