Disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis incidentally diagnosed during surgery for torsion of a subserosal uterine fibroid: a case report

Kota Watanabe & Hiroyuki Fujiwara et al. · 2026-01-30

TL;DR

When unexpected intraoperative peritoneal dissemination is encountered, disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis alongside malignancy, recognizing that it can develop even in a patient without prior gynecologic treatment, which is extremely rare.

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Authors
Kota Watanabe, Takahiro Koyanagi, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Akiyo Taneichi, Yuji Takei, Hiroyuki Fujiwara