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Volume 24 |
October - December 2008 (Part-I) |
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Huge Uterine Fibroid Complicating Early Pregnancy:
Myomectomy and Live Birth at TermAziken ME1, Osemwenkha AP2, Orhue AAE3,
Afinotan LU4, Osughe OM5, Irihogbe I6ABSTRACT
Uterine fibroids are the commonest tumours of the female genital tract with a prevalence varying from 20-50% in women of reproductive age. Surgical management by myomectomy is limited to the non pregnant uterus. Fibroid coexisting with pregnancy may be associated with complication in 10-30% of cases which are preferably often managed conservatively.
We present a case of huge uterine fibroid in early pregnancy with significant complication that necessitated myomectomy at 10 weeks gestation in a 37 year old nullipara in which pregnancy continued till successful delivery at 38 weeks gestation.
KEY WORDS: Fibroids, Pregnancy, Myomectomy, Live birth.
Pak J Med Sci October - December 2008 (Part-I) Vol. 24 No. 5 753-756
How to cite this article:
Aziken ME, Osemwenkha AP, Orhue AAE, Afinotan LU, Osughe OM, Irihogbe I. Huge Uterine Fibroid Complicating Early Pregnancy: Myomectomy and Live Birth at Term. Pak J Med Sci 2008;24(5):753-56.
1. Aziken ME,
2. Osemwenkha AP,
3. Orhue AAE,
4. Afinotan LU,
5. Osughe OM,
6. Irihogbe I,
1-6: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
University of Benin Teaching Hospital,
Benin City,
Nigeria.
Correspondence
Aziken ME,
E-mail: michaelaziken@yahoo.com
michaelaziken@hotmail.com
* Received for Publication: May 8, 2008
* Accepted: July 23, 2008
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