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Cysts of the Round Ligament Simulating Inguinal Hernia: Report of a Case

Barış Saylam¹, Mehmet Onur Gülseren¹, Özge Han², Bülent Çomçalı¹, Veli Vural¹ and Faruk Coşkun³

¹Department of General Surgery, Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital
²Department of Pathology, Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital
³Department of Surgery, Hittite University

We report on a 49-year-old woman with cysts of the round ligament causing a nonreducible mass of the groin. Cysts of the round ligament are rare. Physical findings were similar to those of an inguinal hernia. Such cysts are usually not considered in the differential diagnosis of groin hernias and might be identified only at the time of herniorraphy.

J Nippon Med Sch 2013; 80: 296-299

Keywords
inguinal hernia, round ligament, cysts

Correspondence to
Faruk Coşkun, Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Talatpasa Avenue, No: 5, 06100, Altındağ/Ankara, Turkey,
farukcoskun@mynet.com

Received, February 28, 2012
Accepted, June 26, 2012