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Laparoscopic view of fibroid (right) and its attachment to the bowel (left). Area of torsion noted in between.
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A large necrotic mass originating from the mesentery of the ileocaecal junction was noted (Figure 1).
Laparoscopic view of infarcted fibroid.
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Its borders were confluent with the walls of the terminal ileum at the ileocaecal junction, which in itself had become necrotic having axially rotated under the weight of the growth (Figure 2).