title: Parasitic leiomyoma in the abdominal wall after laparoscopic myomectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of parasitic leiomyoma of the abdominal wall after laparoscopic myomectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Large medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 31-year-old woman with a newly developed palpable mass in the abdominal wall near the trocar site of a previous laparoscopic myomectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Excision of the mass.
  
  
  METHODS
  Histopathologic examination of the mass.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A mass measuring 3.2 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm was excised. The lesion was located in the subfascial area of the abdominal wall, near the trocar site of a previous laparoscopic myomectomy. Histopathologic examination confirmed leiomyoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This result shows that myoma fragments sometimes are found to be scattered in the abdominal cavity after laparoscopic myomectomy, suggesting that all myoma fragments, however small they may be, must be completely removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Good Moonhwa Hospital, Busan, Korea. moonhwas@moonhwa.or.kr
authors.forename: Hwa Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Ja Seong
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Sea Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Gun Sik
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin Guk
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sang Gap
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*