ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of a woman who presented with parasitic myomas 27 months after laparoscopic myomectomy. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University medical center. PATIENT(S): A 31-year-old G0 woman who had a previous history significant for laparoscopic myomectomy with morcellation 27 months before. INTERVENTION(S): Repeat laparoscopic myomectomy and review of video footage from previous myomectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Pathology report. RESULT(S): Repeat laparoscopic examination revealed two pedunculated and two parasitic myomas. Review of video footage from initial surgery revealed pieces of myoma dispersed within pelvis during morcellation. CONCLUSION(S): Pieces of initial myoma dispersed within the pelvis during morcellation may have developed into parasitic myomas.