Giant parasitic extrauterine leiomyoma: About a case

Abstract

Uterine myomas are the most common benign tumors in women. Parasitic leiomyomas are a rare variant of uterine myomatosis. They have been identified in the abdominal wall, small intestine, cervical or vaginal stump, iliac vessels, ovaries, sigmoid colon and in the greater omentum. The case of a 48-year-old woman is presented, who presents a feeling of heaviness in the hypogastrium, abdominal pain of progressive onset that intensifies. Imaging studies are performed where the correct diagnosis of giant uterine leiomyoma is achieved. The treatment was surgical. She underwent total abdominal hysterectomy plus bilateral salpingectomy with preservation of adnexa + total omentectomy + resection of abdominal LOE and the evolution was satisfactory.