Authors: Sunila Jaggi, Jevin Patel, Nitin Pai, Rasika Gosavi, Alka Bapat
Fibroids are benign tumors of the uterine myometrium that often affect childbearing women and are the most common solid benign uterine neoplasms. They are also called leiomyomas or myomas. Other than uterus, there are other unusual sites where fibroids are found. These unusual patterns include disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis, metastasizing leiomyoma, intravenous leiomyomatosis, parasitic leiomyoma and retroperitoneal lesions. Extrauterine fibroids are extremely rare and are commonly associated with previous morcellated hysterectomies or myomectomies. If all fragments are not removed, they may parasitize hematogenously and present as abdominal or pelvic masses. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release in 2014 discouraging the use of power morcellators. We present a case of a patient who had past history of morcellation therapy for myomectomy and presented with large abdominal and pelvic masses which were increasing in size. Keywords: Leiomyomatosis, Peritoneal, Laparoscopic, Myomectomy, Morcelllator.
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