Resolution of a leg ulcer after hysterectomy for huge uterine myoma

Tomoyuki Ohtani; Muneo Tanita; Hachiro Tagami

doi:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00427.x

Resolution of a leg ulcer after hysterectomy for huge uterine myoma

Tomoyuki Ohtani, Muneo Tanita, Hachiro Tagami

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Abstract

Venous ulcers are the most common type of leg ulcers, accounting for 80% to 90% of cases. We report a large, therapy-resistant ulcer present for three months on the right leg of a 44-year-old woman who also had a huge uterine myoma. Without any other treatment, the leg ulcer regressed spontaneously three months after a hysterectomy for the uterine myoma that had been demonstrated in a CT image to be compressing the right common iliac vein in the pelvis. Uterine myoma can become the cause of venous insufficiency of the leg, when it is big enough to disturb the blood circulation in the pelvis in individuals who have incompetent perforating veins.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	530-532
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Dermatology
Volume	30
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00427.x
Publication status	Published - 2003 Jul 1

Keywords

Hysterectomy
Leg ulcer
Myoma
Stasis ulcer

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Dermatology

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