<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>journal-jmsr</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>Journal of Medical and Surgical Research</JournalTitle> <PISSN>I</PISSN> <EISSN>S</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Vol. IX, n 1</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>June 2022</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>JMSR Surgery</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>Bowel Necrosis Due to Uterine Fibroids</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>1075</FirstPage> <LastPage>1075</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Mohamed</FirstName> <LastName>Maliki-alaoui</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI>10.46327/msrjg.1.000000000000217</DOI> <Abstract>A 37-year-old patient, with history of repeated miscarriages, referred to emergency for occlusive syndrome in pregnancy of 22 weeks. The onset of symptoms dates back to 5 days with diffuse abdominal pain, vomiting, bloating and no passing gas. The examination found a conscious patient, a 160 rate tachycardia, a stable blood pressure, a painful and tympanic abdomen. Abdominal ultrasound revealed bowel distension, a myomatous uterus and non-progressive pregnancy. Abdominal CT found small bowel distension and ischemia, peritoneal fluid and no transition-size zone. C-reactive protein was 102,10. The patient was operated after expulsion of a stillborn. Surgical findings were: small bowel distension, necrosis of the terminal ileum, polymyomatous uterus and an inflamatory bridle between a large necrotic fibroid and the underside of the mesentery of the ileal loops. We performed an ileocecal resection of 60cm and a double stomy. The postoperative course was simple after 48hours intensive care. Continuity restoration was performed a month later. The literature is full of papers explaining fibroids complications, but we didn’t find such a clinical presentation. Obstructive bowel over-distension results in parietal ischemia. Considering the absence of transition-size zone we can suggest that a progressive increase in uterine volume induced a compression or traction on the mesentery attached to the necrotic fibroid leading to necrosis of the corresponding territory.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Bridle,bowel obstruction,necrosis,pregnancy,uterine fibroids</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://journal-jmsr.net/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=13943&title=Bowel Necrosis Due to Uterine Fibroids</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>