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Parasitic myomas after laparoscopic myomectomy: case report
Jason H Epstein1, Edward J Nejat, Tony Tsai
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Objective:
To report a case of a woman who presented with parasitic myomas 27 months after laparoscopic myomectomy.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
University medical center.
Patient(S):
A 31-year-old G0 woman who had a previous history significant for laparoscopic myomectomy with morcellation 27 months before.
Intervention(S):
Repeat laparoscopic myomectomy and review of video footage from previous myomectomy.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Pathology report.
Result(S):
Repeat laparoscopic examination revealed two pedunculated and two parasitic myomas. Review of video footage from initial surgery revealed pieces of myoma dispersed within pelvis during morcellation.
Conclusion(S):
Pieces of initial myoma dispersed within the pelvis during morcellation may have developed into parasitic myomas.
