Among women of reproductive age, uterine leiomyomas are quite common benign pelvic tumors. Stimulation by estrogen may progressively increase the size of a uterine myoma [1 ]. The estimated incidence of myomas in pregnancy is 2-4% [2-4]. The medical literature has reported an increasing rate of myomectomies during cesarean section in the past decade [1,5,6]. However, a myomec-tomy performed during pregnancy remains a rarity. Here, we present a case with a huge 30-cm diameter leiomy-oma that was successfully managed by an intrapartum myomectomy.
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