LARGE CERVICAL FIBROID- A CASE REPORT

Shirish S. Dulewad and Sruthy R. Sudarsan*

ABSTRACT

Fibroids are benign, monoclonal tumors of the smooth muscle cells of the myometrium. Fibroids arising from cervix are rare tumours consisting 2% of all uterine tumours. Cervical leiomyoma is mostly single and are sub serous or interstitial in origin. They arise either from supravaginal or vaginal portion of cervix. Here we report a case of a 52 years old female presented with secondary dysmenorrhoea with urinary symptoms and was diagnosed to have huge anterior cervical fibroid of size 20x15x13cm, underwent total abdominal hysterectomy successfully without any injury to bladder and ureters.

Keywords: myometrium, supravaginal, tumours.