Organ-preserving surgical treatment of giant uterine myoma in a pregnant woman

Abstract

Uterine myoma is the most common benign disease in the women of the reproductive period. According to different authors, the rate of uterine myoma in pregnancy is estimated from 0.1 to 12.5 %. We present the case of successful laparotomy myomectomy at 14–15 weeks of gestational age.

Keywords

• uterine myoma
• myomectomy
• pregnancy
• laparotomy
• tumor of the uterus