Miomectomía en gestante de 14 semanas: a propósito de un caso

Necrobiosis of a Uterine Fibroid in the Course of a Pregnancy

“…Cases similar to the one presented are described by other authors such as Moslemi et al [5] who describe a 36-year-old female, primigravida, who consulted at 11 weeks of gestation due to abdominal distension, edema in the lower extremities and scarce vaginal bleeding, and De Dios Perera et al [6] who present the clinical case of a 27-year-old patient with 17.2 weeks of pregnancy, who was under follow-up at the Gynecology consultation at the Mariana Grajales Coello Provincial Gynecological Hospital in Santiago de Cuba for presenting a symptomatic uterine myoma with Acute abdominal pain due to necrobiosis, which required urgent surgical resolution and the pregnant woman evolved satisfactorily.…”

“…Myomectomy carries risks of haemorrhage and abortion, which is why it is only reserved for specific cases that do not respond to expectant management, as occurred in the case presented above, criteria coinciding with other authors [5,9].…”