In women of reproductive age, the prevalence of fibroids is between 30 and 40 percent.Approx 20% of women with fibroid develop complications in pregnancy.Pregnancy-related uterine fibroids can cause many adverse effects including abdominal pain (due to degenerative changes, and torsion), preterm labor, antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage.Here we describe the case of 32-years-old nullipara woman with pregnancy at 36 weeks with large intramural fibroid with uterine torsion.The patient underwent an emergency cesarean along with a cesarean myomectomy and was discharged from the hospital in satisfactory condition.
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