Source
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract
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.