[Torsion of a pedunculated subserous myoma - a rare differential diagnosis of the acute abdomen]

Praxis (Bern 1994). 2010 Jan 6;99(1):45-50. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a000004.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We report about a rare case of acute abdomen in a 43 years old female patient who noticed a sudden onset of severe lower abdominal pain, increasing in strength within a few hours. The transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound showed an enlarged leiomyomatous uterus with a questionable torsion of a pedunculated subserous leiomyoma. The following magnetic resonance imaging confirms this diagnosis. During the laparoscopy a myomectomy has been performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen, Acute / etiology*
  • Abdomen, Acute / surgery
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endosonography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / diagnosis*
  • Leiomyoma / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Torsion Abnormality / diagnosis*
  • Torsion Abnormality / surgery
  • Uterine Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / surgery
  • Uterus / pathology
  • Uterus / surgery