Parasitic leiomyoma in the abdominal wall after laparoscopic myomectomy.
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.
Moon
Hwa Sook
HS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Good Moonhwa Hospital, Busan, Korea. moonhwas@moonhwa.or.kr
Koo
Ja Seong
JS
Park
Sea Hee
SH
Park
Gun Sik
GS
Choi
Jin Guk
JG
Kim
Sang Gap
SG
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*