| Literature DB >> 28993358 |
Jolene Wong1, Grace Hwei Ching Tan1, Ravichandran Nadarajah2, Melissa Teo1.
Abstract
Cervical myomas are rare and account for <1% of uterine leiomyomas. Clinical complications include bulk-related symptoms of pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding and infertility. While hysterectomies may be readily performed for postmenopausal women; the management of women with cervical myomas of childbearing age remains a challenge.Traditionally described fertility-preserving procedures such as myomectomy, endometrial ablation or myolysis may only be applied to leiomyomas within the uterine corpus. Little is known about the surgical management of its cervical counterpart.Radical abdominal trachelectomy has been described as a potential fertility-preserving procedure in the management of women with early cervical cancer. As such, we present a case of a giant cervical myoma that was treated with an abdominal trachelectomy in an attempt to preserve fertility. © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.Entities:
Keywords: obstetrics and gynaecology; obstetrics, gynaecology and fertility; surgical oncology
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28993358 PMCID: PMC5652390 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221408
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X