Endometriosis of the round ligament revealed by an intermittent hernia
This case report details an unusual instance of round ligament endometriosis presenting as an intermittent hernia, diagnosed via imaging and confirmed histologically.
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This case report describes a 43-year-old nulliparous woman with 3 years of chronic pain and an intermittent right inguinal round lump initially assessed as an irreducible hernia, in the context of prior laparoscopic treatment for ovarian endometriosis. Ultrasonography and MRI suggested a round-ligament lesion with endometriosis features, but definitive diagnosis required surgical histology after exploratory laparoscopy and hernia cure. Intraoperatively, peritoneal endometriosis implants were found, and a cystic mass adherent to the round ligament was excised; histology confirmed endometrial glands in extraperitoneal round-ligament tissue with associated peritoneal endometriosis, with no postoperative problems. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it reports endometriosis of the round ligament presenting as an intermittent inguinal hernia, relevant to endometriosis but not adenomyosis.
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