title: [Giant uterine leiomyoma causing acute symptoms].
abstract: The case history of a 71-year-old woman with acute dyspnoea caused by a giant leiomyoma and severe acute anemia due to intratumoral hemorrhage is presented. Urgent operation was performed, and a 13.5 kg pendular tumor was removed. The cornerstones of the differential diagnoses and therapy of giant abdominal tumors is discussed.
authors: Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar, I. Szülészeti és Nőgyógyászati Klinika, Budapest. dr.mate.szabolcs@gmail.com
authors: Szabolcs
authors: S
authors: Máté
authors: Erzsébet
authors: E
authors: Szatmári
authors: Norbert
authors: N
authors: Sipos
authors: János
authors: J
authors: Széll
authors: András
authors: A
authors: Szánthó
authors: János
authors: J
authors: Rigó
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011788:Quality of Life; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D055105:Waist Circumference