Management of a giant uterine leiomyoma
| Autor: | Chin How Tan, Poh Ting Lim, Jessie Wai Leng Phoon, Hui Ling Chia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Ovariectomy Blood Loss Surgical Hysterectomy Abdominal wall Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences Salpingectomy 0302 clinical medicine Postoperative Complications Blood loss Obstetrics and gynaecology Coagulopathy medicine Humans Restrictive lung disease Patient Care Team Frozen section procedure 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Uterine leiomyoma Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury Leiomyoma business.industry Abdominal Wall General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Dyspnea Uterine Neoplasms Female business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | Uterine leiomyomas are the most common tumours arising from the female reproductive tract. However, giant myomas, which are greater than 11.4 kg in weight, are exceedingly rare. They may cause a pressure effect on surrounding organs, heart and lungs, which can be potentially life threatening. We present a case of a 53-year-old woman with a massive uterine mass complicated by restrictive lung disease. She underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with frozen section and reconstruction of the abdominal wall by the gynaecologists and plastic surgeons. The excised specimen weighed 27.8 kg, which included a benign subserosal leiomyoma measuring 64 by 50.5 by 15 cm. Intraoperative blood loss was 7 L and her postoperative recovery was complicated by coagulopathy and haemorrhagic shock. This case illustrates the pivotal role of multidisciplinary care in the management of complicated surgical patients and the need for careful perioperative care. |
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