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Large fibroid complicating pregnancy: a case report

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors of the female reproductive system and are known to occur in 0.1-10.7% of pregnant women and incidence increases with increasing maternal age. Fibroids when present are associated with complications in 10-40% of pregnant patients like abdominal pain, spontaneous abortion, fetal malposition, placental abruption, premature rupture of membranes, cesarean deliveries, postpartum hemorrhage, preterm delivery and low birth weight infants.