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Case 36 - A 45-Year-Old P2 Woman Undergoing Vaginal Hysterectomy Who Desires Opportunistic Salpingectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

Todd R. Jenkins
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Lisa Keder
Affiliation:
Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus
Abimola Famuyide
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Kimberly S. Gecsi
Affiliation:
Medical College of Wisconsin
David Chelmow
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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Summary

A 45-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 2, presents for preoperative consultation for hysterectomy. She has a long-standing history of abnormal uterine bleeding and has failed medical management with combined hormonal contraceptive pills and a levonorgestrel intrauterine device (IUD). She has completed childbearing and desires definitive surgical management with hysterectomy. Her family history is notable for breast cancer in her maternal grandmother. She denies history of abnormal Pap smears. She has no history of sexually transmitted infections. She has two prior spontaneous vaginal deliveries at term. Her medical history is significant for hypertension and she has no past surgical history. She is currently taking lisinopril and she has no known drug allergies.

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Surgical Gynecology
A Case-Based Approach
, pp. 109 - 111
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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