GIANT INTRALIGAMENTARY UTERINE LEIOMYOMA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS.

ABSTRACT

Uterine leiomyomas are benign tumors arising from uterine smooth muscle. Although their pathogenesis remains unclear, they are the most common tumor of the female reproductive tract, occurring in as many as half of women older than 35 years. Uterine leiomyomas represent the most common benign tumors of the female reproductive tract. Giant uterine leiomyomas are very rare and represents a great diagnosis and therapeutic challenge. Uterine leiomyoma is one of the most frequent types of tumours and it is diagnosed in 20-40% of the women of reproductive age. Until the age of 50, approximately 70% of the white women and less than 80% of the black women will have had at least one leiomyoma. The frequency of the emergence of uterine leiomyoma in black women is significantly higher than in white women.