A case of disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis and diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis
G Rosica1, G Santilli, D Bucari
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, S. Camillo de Lellis Hospital, Rieti, Italy. g.rosica@asl.rieti.it
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology
|April 14, 2011
Abstract:
A rare case of simultaneous uncommon pathologies in the same patient is described: diffuse leiomyomatosis and disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis (DPL). The evolution and monitoring of this rare clinical case together with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are presented.
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