Abstract
Aims: We present a case of degenerated leiomyoma in pregnancy causing pain that deteriorated with conservative management and was successfully treated with myomectomy. Presentation ofCase: A 37-year-old woman with a known asymptomatic subserosal leiomyoma was admitted to the obstetrics clinic of our hospital at the gestational age of 18+3 weeks due to gradually worsening constant right quadrant lower abdomi nal pain of acute onset. Clinical examination, laboratory investigation and abdominal ultrasonography led to the conclusion that the pain was due to the degeneration of the leiomyoma. The initial conservative approach was not effective so the subserous lei omyoma was resected by laparotomy. The pregnancy progressed normally until the delivery of a healthy neonate at 37+5 weeks gestational age by cesarean section due to the prior myomectomy. The
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