Case report demonstrates acute complete urinary retention secondary to leiomyoma impaction during pregnancy, highlighting severe mechanical complications of large uterine fibroids.
Complete urinary retention caused by incarceration of a retroverted gravid uterus or large fibroid uterus is a rare condition. The following case report illustrates the acute onset of urinary retention caused by the combination of a large leiomyoma and pregnancy. Total hysterectomy was performed. To the best of our knowledge, such a combination has not been reported previously.
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