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- Title
Autoamputation of a pedunculated, subserosal uterine leiomyoma presenting as a giant peritoneal loose body.
- Authors
Suganuma, Izumi; Mori, Taisuke; Takahara, Tokuei; Torii, Hiroko; Fujishiro, Masanori; Kihira, Tomohisa; Urabe, Yuko; Urabe, Mamoru; Kitawaki, Jo
- Abstract
Peritoneal loose bodies (PLBs) are defined as fibrotic or calcified-free bodies within the peritoneal cavity; they commonly autoamputate from appendices epiploicae that have undergone torsion. Pedunculated, subserosal uterine leiomyomas (PSULs) are subserosal uterine leiomyomas connected to the uterus via a pedicle. In the present report, we describe the case of a PLB that originated from the autoamputation of a PSUL, confirmed based on histological evidence consistent with a uterine leiomyoma and the laparoscopic findings of a broken pedicle. This case clearly demonstrates the potential for a uterine leiomyoma to be the source of a PLB. Our findings contribute to the understanding of the etiological relationship between PLBs and uterine leiomyomas.
- Subjects
SEROUS fluids; UTERINE fibroids; CALCIFICATION; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; ASCITIC fluids
- Publication
Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2015, Vol 291, Issue 4, p951
- ISSN
0932-0067
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s00404-014-3580-2