Uterine fibroids are benign monoclonal neoplasms arising from smooth muscle cells in the uterine wall. They are common gynaecological tumours in women of reproductive age, but, a rare occurrence in adolescence. We present a case of a Nigerian 18-year-old undergraduate with abnormal uterine bleeding and abdominal swelling with a clinical diagnosis of uterine fibroids. She had an open abdominal myomectomy. Histology confirmed uterine fibroids. There is need for medical practitioners to consider this condition as a differential diagnosis especially among this group of women albeit a rare occurrence.
Keywords: uterine fibroid, gynaecological tumours, reproductive age, myomectomy, Nigeri