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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 224-227 |
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Abdominal myomectomy is safe in the first trimester pregnancy: A Case Report
Umma S Bawa, Muhammad A Abdul, Nana H Madugu, Zulaihatu Sarkin-Pawa
Reproductive Health/Family Planning Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Umma S Bawa
Reproductive Health Unit, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/ais.ais_28_16
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Uterine myoma is the most common gynecological tumor in women of the reproductive age group. The incidence of myoma in pregnancy ranges from 0.3% to 2.6%, of which approximately 10% leads to complications. The management of uterine myoma during pregnancy in most of the cases is expectant, and its surgical removal is generally delayed until after delivery. In the last two decades, there have been increasing reports of successful myomectomy during caesarean section and even fewer cases in the first and second trimester. We report a case of huge uterine fibroids presenting to the booking clinic at approximately 13 weeks of gestation with a large for date uterus and severe lower abdominal pain. She was admitted and managed conservatively for the presumptive diagnosis of red degeneration in pregnancy. She had myomectomy on account of the distressing abdominal pain. She had an uneventful postoperative period and was discharged home on the 7th postoperative day on hematinics. She was eventually delivered a live baby weighing 2.6 kg by an emergency caesarean section following rupture of membranes prematurely at 37 weeks of gestation. We can therefore say that in carefully selected cases, particularly in cases of subserous fibroids, myomectomy in pregnancy may be safer than previously thought. |
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