Parasitic leiomyoma: A rare complication following laparoscopic myomectomy with review of literature

Parasitic leiomyoma is classically known as the rare variant of pedunculated subserosal leiomyoma that spontaneously becomes partially or completely separated from the uterus. Thus parasitic leiomyomas are rare with extremely low incidence. Risk of its development is increasing with rise in laparoscopic and morcellation techniques. In such cases parasitic leiomyomas have to be differentiated from benign metastasizing leiomyoma and peritoneal leiomyomatosis. We are presenting a case of parasitic abdominal leiomyoma in a patient who underwent morcellation myomectomy 6 years back. Iatrogenic leiomyomas though rare, are diagnostic dilemma for clinicians as they mimic malignancies on imaging and clinically. For pathologist it is important to know the previous history of myomectomy to diagnose an iatrogenic leiomyomas occurring in unusual sites.