Parasitic leiomyoma causing small bowel perforation: A case report

BACKGROUND: Parasitic leiomyomas are rare extra-uterine tumors that can be seen in patients after myomectomy or morcellation of leiomyomas. CASE: A 63-year-old woman with a history of abdominal myomectomy 20 years prior presented with worsening abdominal distension and pain for the past eight months...

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Autores principales: Laibangyang, Anya, Law, Cassandra, Gupta, Gunjan, Da Dong, Xiang, Chuang, Linus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8365333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34430223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2021.e00349
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author Laibangyang, Anya
Law, Cassandra
Gupta, Gunjan
Da Dong, Xiang
Chuang, Linus
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description BACKGROUND: Parasitic leiomyomas are rare extra-uterine tumors that can be seen in patients after myomectomy or morcellation of leiomyomas. CASE: A 63-year-old woman with a history of abdominal myomectomy 20 years prior presented with worsening abdominal distension and pain for the past eight months. The patient delayed care due to fear of the COVID-19 pandemic and was found to have a 42 cm parasitic leiomyoma attached to the small bowel causing obstruction and perforation. CONCLUSION: Parasitic leiomyomas can cause small bowel obstruction and perforation.
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spelling pubmed-83653332021-08-23 Parasitic leiomyoma causing small bowel perforation: A case report Laibangyang, Anya Law, Cassandra Gupta, Gunjan Da Dong, Xiang Chuang, Linus Case Rep Womens Health Article BACKGROUND: Parasitic leiomyomas are rare extra-uterine tumors that can be seen in patients after myomectomy or morcellation of leiomyomas. CASE: A 63-year-old woman with a history of abdominal myomectomy 20 years prior presented with worsening abdominal distension and pain for the past eight months. The patient delayed care due to fear of the COVID-19 pandemic and was found to have a 42 cm parasitic leiomyoma attached to the small bowel causing obstruction and perforation. CONCLUSION: Parasitic leiomyomas can cause small bowel obstruction and perforation. Elsevier 2021-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8365333/ /pubmed/34430223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2021.e00349 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Parasitic leiomyoma causing small bowel perforation: A case report
title_full Parasitic leiomyoma causing small bowel perforation: A case report
title_fullStr Parasitic leiomyoma causing small bowel perforation: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Parasitic leiomyoma causing small bowel perforation: A case report
title_short Parasitic leiomyoma causing small bowel perforation: A case report
title_sort parasitic leiomyoma causing small bowel perforation: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8365333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34430223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2021.e00349
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