%0 Journal Article
%T Torsion of a Uterine Leiomyoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
%A N.M. Ward
%A M.K. Frey and B.D. Shaktman
%J Clinical Medicine Insights: Women's Health
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.4137/CMWH.S6780
%X A 55 year-old woman presented with abdominal pain. Transvaginal ultasonography demonstrated an enlarged fibroid uterus. She underwent total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and was found to have torsion of a large pedunculated leiomyoma. There are fewer than 10 cases reported in the literature of torsion of a uterine leiomyoma.
%U http://www.la-press.com/torsion-of-a-uterine-leiomyoma-a-case-report-and-review-of-the-literat-article-a2751