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Case Reports
. 2004 May;81(5):1385-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.067.

Development of leiomyomas on the uterine remnants of two women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome

Efthimios Deligeoroglou  1 , Antonios Kontoravdis, Evangelos Makrakis, Panagiotis Christopoulos, Apostolos Kountouris, George Creatsas
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Case Reports

Development of leiomyomas on the uterine remnants of two women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome

Efthimios Deligeoroglou et al. Fertil Steril. 2004 May.
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Abstract

Objective: To describe two cases of leiomyoma development in patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH syndrome).

Design: Case report.

Setting: Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Patient(s): A 42-year-old woman with MRKH syndrome presented with lower abdominal pain, and a 38-year-old woman with MRKH syndrome presented with an asymptomatic left adnexal mass.

Interventions(s): Clinical examination, transabdominal ultrasonography, IV urography, laparoscopy.

Main outcome measure(s): Ultrasound.

Result(s): In both cases, laparoscopy revealed a leiomyoma originating from the left uterine remnant. The leiomyomas and the adjacent uterine remnants were laparoscopically excised.

Conclusion(s): In rare cases, leiomyomas can originate from the fibromuscular tissue of uterine remnants in patients with MRKH syndrome.

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