Unusual Giant Abdominal Leiomyoma in a Young Man: a Case Report

Zusammenfassung

Abdominale Leiomyome sind außerordentlich seltene intraabdominale Tumore. Wir stellen den Fall eines 24-jährigen Patienten mit abdominalem Leiomyom vor, bei dem fünf Tage vor der Einweisung plötzlich ein riesiger Tumor im mittleren Oberbauch festgestellt wurde. Die Laparotomie ergab ein abdominales Leiomyom mit zentraler Hämorrhagie. Die Geschwulst wurde vollständig reseziert. Unseres Wissens ist bisher über keinen derartigen Fall berichtet worden.

Abstract

Abdominal leiomyomas are extremely rare intra-abdominal tumors. We present a the case of a 24-year-old male with an abdominal leiomyoma who presented with a chief complaint of a huge mass in the midepigastrium that was suddenly detected 5 days prior to admission. An abdominal leiomyoma with central hemorrhage was found on exploratory laparotomy; the tumor was completely resected. To the best of our knowledge, no similar case has been reported in the literature.

Leiomyom - intraabdominale Geschwulst - Retroperitonealraum - Östrogenrezeptor - Progesteronrezeptor

leiomyoma - intra-abdominal tumor - retroperitoneum - estrogen receptor - progesterone receptor

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