Gangrenous ligamentum teres hepatis causing acute abdominal symptoms.
This unusual case of a gangrenous round ligament manifested by acute abdominal symptoms underscores the importance of the recent radiologic descriptions of the round ligament in computerized tomography and ultrasonography. The cause of the gangrenous process in this case remains unresolved.
Watson
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Department of Surgery, Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614.
McComas
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Rannick
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Stanton
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000473:pathology