title: Uterine leiomyoma in a 14-year-old girl.
abstract: Uterine leiomyomas are common benign tumors of the uterus in adult females but are rare in adolescents. This is a review of the literature and a case report of a 14-year-old female who presented with increasing, intermittent back pain and abdominal distention due to a large uterine leiomyoma treated by myomectomy. This is the 9th reported case of a uterine leiomyoma in an adolescent female under the age of 18 years in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States. diana.diesen@duke.edu
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Diesen
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery