A pregnant woman with fibroid uterus develops acute pain in abdomen with low grade fever and mild leucocytosis at 28 weeks. The most likely diagnosis is?
Preterm labour
Torsion of Fibroid
Red degeneration of Fibroid
infection in Fibroid
Most are asymptomatic; however, severe localized abdominal pain can occur if a fibroid undergoes so-called “red degeneration,” torsion, or impaction.
Pain is the most common complication of fibroids in pregnancy, and is seen most often in women withfibroids > 5 cm during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.