Necrotic Fibroid Mimicking Ovarian Torsion in a Second Trimester of Pregnancy

Uterine fibroids are incredibly common, benign smooth muscle tumors which range in severity of symptoms from asymptomatic to debilitating. While pain is frequently a symptom, degeneration and necrosis of uterine fibroids can rarely present as acute abdomen. The authors present the case of a pregnant...

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Autores principales: Larson, Neil P, Bridwell, Rachel E, Cibrario, Amber, Henderson, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890379
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6172
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author Larson, Neil P
Bridwell, Rachel E
Cibrario, Amber
Henderson, Jonathan
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description Uterine fibroids are incredibly common, benign smooth muscle tumors which range in severity of symptoms from asymptomatic to debilitating. While pain is frequently a symptom, degeneration and necrosis of uterine fibroids can rarely present as acute abdomen. The authors present the case of a pregnant female at 19 weeks' gestation, whose clinical and radiographic presentation mimicked that of ovarian torsion, ultimately requiring exploratory laparoscopy for definitive diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-69139342019-12-30 Necrotic Fibroid Mimicking Ovarian Torsion in a Second Trimester of Pregnancy Larson, Neil P Bridwell, Rachel E Cibrario, Amber Henderson, Jonathan Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Uterine fibroids are incredibly common, benign smooth muscle tumors which range in severity of symptoms from asymptomatic to debilitating. While pain is frequently a symptom, degeneration and necrosis of uterine fibroids can rarely present as acute abdomen. The authors present the case of a pregnant female at 19 weeks' gestation, whose clinical and radiographic presentation mimicked that of ovarian torsion, ultimately requiring exploratory laparoscopy for definitive diagnosis. Cureus 2019-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6913934/ /pubmed/31890379 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6172 Text en Copyright © 2019, Larson et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Necrotic Fibroid Mimicking Ovarian Torsion in a Second Trimester of Pregnancy
title Necrotic Fibroid Mimicking Ovarian Torsion in a Second Trimester of Pregnancy
title_full Necrotic Fibroid Mimicking Ovarian Torsion in a Second Trimester of Pregnancy
title_fullStr Necrotic Fibroid Mimicking Ovarian Torsion in a Second Trimester of Pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed Necrotic Fibroid Mimicking Ovarian Torsion in a Second Trimester of Pregnancy
title_short Necrotic Fibroid Mimicking Ovarian Torsion in a Second Trimester of Pregnancy
title_sort necrotic fibroid mimicking ovarian torsion in a second trimester of pregnancy
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6913934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31890379
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6172
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