title: Successful pregnancy after gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue and hysteroscopic myomectomy in a woman with diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis.
abstract: We report a patient with diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis, who wished to become pregnant. We performed hysteroscopic myomectomy after treatment with nafarelin acetate for 6 months. The patient conceived spontaneously soon after hysteroscopic myomectomy, and delivered a 2,798-g healthy baby.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Setatsukinowa-cho, Ohtsu, Shiga, 520-2192 Japan. oshimi@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yomo
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005300:Fertility Agents, Female / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009215:Myometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017274:Nafarelin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D005300:Fertility Agents, Female; D017274:Nafarelin