title: Unusual giant abdominal leiomyoma in a young man: a case report.
abstract: Abdominal leiomyomas are extremely rare intra-abdominal tumors. We present a the case of a 24-year-old male with an abdominal leiomyoma who presented with a chief complaint of a huge mass in the midepigastrium that was suddenly detected 5 days prior to admission. An abdominal leiomyoma with central hemorrhage was found on exploratory laparotomy; the tumor was completely resected. To the best of our knowledge, no similar case has been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Songshan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C-Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: W-K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: T-C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: M-F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: T-W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D019310:Pseudolymphoma / Q000473:pathology; D012704:Serous Membrane / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor