Leiomyoma of the Round Ligament of the Uterus Mimicking Inguinal Hernia

Masses of the round ligament of the uterus are uncommon. Leiomyomas are the most common of them, followed by mesothelial cysts and in some cases endometriosis. The exact incidence is not known, but most cases are frequently encountered during the fertility age. Leiomyomas are benign tumors, which ca...

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Autores principales: Christodoulou, Ioulia Maria, Angelopoulos, Argiris, Siaperas, Petros, Ioannidis, Argyrios, Skarpas, Andreas, Tellos, Antreas, Velimezis, Georgios, Karanikas, Ioannis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29686923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6702494
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author Christodoulou, Ioulia Maria
Angelopoulos, Argiris
Siaperas, Petros
Ioannidis, Argyrios
Skarpas, Andreas
Tellos, Antreas
Velimezis, Georgios
Karanikas, Ioannis
author_facet Christodoulou, Ioulia Maria
Angelopoulos, Argiris
Siaperas, Petros
Ioannidis, Argyrios
Skarpas, Andreas
Tellos, Antreas
Velimezis, Georgios
Karanikas, Ioannis
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description Masses of the round ligament of the uterus are uncommon. Leiomyomas are the most common of them, followed by mesothelial cysts and in some cases endometriosis. The exact incidence is not known, but most cases are frequently encountered during the fertility age. Leiomyomas are benign tumors, which can present as hernias, lymph nodes, or other inguinal masses. Surgical excision is the appropriate treatment. We are presenting a case of a 47-year-old female patient who was admitted to the hospital with a left inguinal mass. Our patient underwent surgery, and a leiomyoma of the round ligament was found.
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spelling pubmed-58528812018-04-23 Leiomyoma of the Round Ligament of the Uterus Mimicking Inguinal Hernia Christodoulou, Ioulia Maria Angelopoulos, Argiris Siaperas, Petros Ioannidis, Argyrios Skarpas, Andreas Tellos, Antreas Velimezis, Georgios Karanikas, Ioannis Case Rep Surg Case Report Masses of the round ligament of the uterus are uncommon. Leiomyomas are the most common of them, followed by mesothelial cysts and in some cases endometriosis. The exact incidence is not known, but most cases are frequently encountered during the fertility age. Leiomyomas are benign tumors, which can present as hernias, lymph nodes, or other inguinal masses. Surgical excision is the appropriate treatment. We are presenting a case of a 47-year-old female patient who was admitted to the hospital with a left inguinal mass. Our patient underwent surgery, and a leiomyoma of the round ligament was found. Hindawi 2018-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5852881/ /pubmed/29686923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6702494 Text en Copyright © 2018 Ioulia Maria Christodoulou et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Christodoulou, Ioulia Maria
Angelopoulos, Argiris
Siaperas, Petros
Ioannidis, Argyrios
Skarpas, Andreas
Tellos, Antreas
Velimezis, Georgios
Karanikas, Ioannis
Leiomyoma of the Round Ligament of the Uterus Mimicking Inguinal Hernia
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title_full Leiomyoma of the Round Ligament of the Uterus Mimicking Inguinal Hernia
title_fullStr Leiomyoma of the Round Ligament of the Uterus Mimicking Inguinal Hernia
title_full_unstemmed Leiomyoma of the Round Ligament of the Uterus Mimicking Inguinal Hernia
title_short Leiomyoma of the Round Ligament of the Uterus Mimicking Inguinal Hernia
title_sort leiomyoma of the round ligament of the uterus mimicking inguinal hernia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29686923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6702494
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