BACKGROUND:

Naboth cysts are benign tumors of the uterine cervix, usually asymptomatic, exceptionally present as giant cysts and rarely intra-abdominal location.

CLINICAL CASE:

A 44-year-old female who came to present with abnormal 7-year-old uterine bleeding, a feeling of pelvic heaviness, an increase in abdominal size, difficulty in urination and the presence of abundant and continuous transvaginal hyaline flow. On physical examination, a depressible soft abdomen, an unmarked uterus, with an enlarged right appendix was found. Abdominopélvica computed axial tomography reported a complex lesion in the right annex. An annex tumor was suspected, mainly ovarian-dependent, so tumor markers Ca 125 were requested with values within normal ranges, cervicovaginal cytology was negative for dysplasia. Laparoscopy was performed finding the integrity of the annexes and macroscopically normal uterus with presence of cyst in the anterior face adhered to the paravesical space, cystectomy was performed with puncture of the cyst obtaining mucinous material, communication was observed between the cyst and the vaginal canal of approximately 6 cm, So it was decided to perform total hysterectomy via abdominal. The histopathological report: complex cyst of deep Naboth to wall in the segment and parametria without evidence of malignancy.

CONCLUSIONS:

Naboth´s giant cysts usually cause symptoms especially of compressive origin and abundant vaginal discharge, it should be suspected among the adnexal tumors, the definitive diagnosis is made by histopathology.

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