Whose surgery is this? Endometriosis of the round ligament.

Michele Mongelli, Gennaro Cormio, Giuseppe Giudice, Francesco Legge, Leonardo Resta, Michele Lambo, Luca Leone, Marco Marinaccio, Vera Loizzi, Francesca Arezzo, Ettore Cicinelli, Viviana Cataldo
Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022 · vol. 92(S1) , pp. e2021375 · doi:10.23750/abm.v92is1.11738 · PMID:35045065 · PMC10523040 · W4205322440
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Two women with groin masses and cyclic pain were diagnosed with endometriosis of the round ligament via MRI and pathological examination of surgical specimens.

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The paper reports two case studies of inguinal/groin endometriosis of the round ligament in women aged 37 and 26 who presented with a right groin lump and catamenial pain; MRI showed nodular right inguinal lesions in both cases, and pathology of the surgical specimens confirmed endometriosis of the round ligament. The authors note that a groin mass with pain that worsens during menstruation should raise suspicion for inguinal endometriosis as a rare diagnosis. A limitation is that the report is limited to two cases, and it does not provide broader prevalence or outcome data. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically endometriosis involving the round ligament presenting as an inguinal mass with catamenial pain, which is directly relevant to endometriosis.

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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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dysmenorrheaendometriosis

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Round Ligament of Uterus Round Ligament of Uterus Round Ligament of Uterus Dysmenorrhea Female Groin Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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