title: Is 'cold loop' hysteroscopic myomectomy a better option for reproduction in women with diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis? A case report of successful repeated pregnancies.
abstract: Diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis (DUL) is a rare clinical entity with important reproductive consequences. To date, only four pregnancies have been reported after hysteroscopic myomectomy. Here we describe the case of a 28-year-old infertile woman with diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis, who presented infertility and metrorrhagia lasting for 2 years. A countless number of subserous, intramural and submucous myomas were ultrasonographically revealed. Diagnostic hysteroscopy described a uterine cavity completely subverted by the presence of myomas. A two-step 'cold loop' hysteroscopic myomectomy was performed following the technique previously described. One month after the treatment, there were no submucous myomas. A regular uterine cavity free of synechiae was endoscopically confirmed. After the treatment, the patient carried to term three consecutive, uneventful pregnancies. This is the first report of repeated successful pregnancies following the 'cold loop' hysteroscopic technique in DUL. We believe that 'cold loop' resectoscopic myomectomy may provide new advantageous perspectives for women with DUL seeking pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: 'Arbor Vitae' Centre, Clinica Nuova Villa Claudia, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Ivano
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mazzon
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Favilli
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morricone
authors.forename: Gian Carlo
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Di Renzo
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D059247:Fertility Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D018231:Leiomyomatosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D063186:Uterine Myomectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: cesarean section; cold loop myomectomy; diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis; fertility; hysteroscopic myomectomy