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. 2022 Jan 19;92(S1):e2021375.
doi: 10.23750/abm.v92iS1.11738.

Whose surgery is this? Endometriosis of the round ligament

Michele Mongelli  1 , Gennaro Cormio  2 , Giuseppe Giudice  3 , Francesco Legge  4 , Leonardo Resta  5 , Michele Lambo  6 , Luca Leone  7 , Marco Marinaccio  8 , Vera Loizzi  9 , Francesca Arezzo  10 , Ettore Cicinelli  11 , Viviana Cataldo  12
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Whose surgery is this? Endometriosis of the round ligament

Michele Mongelli et al. Acta Biomed. .

Abstract

We report two cases of endometriosis of the round ligament in a 37 and 26 - years old women, with a lump in their right groin and catamenial pain referred to plastic surgery department. MRI showed in both cases nodular lesion in the right inguinal region. The patological examination of the surgical specimen revealed endometriosis of the round ligament. The presence of a groin mass with pain increasing during the menstrual period must raise the suspicion of inguinal endometriosis and a gynecological evaluation is essential to provide a correct management of this rare condition.

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Each author declares that he or she has no commercial associations (e.g. consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangement etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article.

Figures

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Figure 1.
Axial T2-weighted MR image
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Subfascial mass fixed to the round ligament
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