Marlex mesh mimicking an adnexal malignancy.
Hernia post-operative repair problems are infrequent and easily managed, but plug migration can be a more complicated event. Mesh plug migration is very uncommon and rarely presents as a suspected malignancy. We document a case involving a 79-year-old woman who exhibited a complex right-sided cystic mass that was presumed to be an adnexal malignancy. However, following surgery, the retroperitoneal mass was actually a PerFix mesh plug that migrated from an initial hernia surgery.
Rettenmaier
M A
MA
Gynecologic Oncology Associates, Hoag Memorial Hospital Cancer Center, 351 Hospital Road, Suite 507, Hoag Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92663, USA.
Heinemann
S
S
Truong
H
H
Micha
J P
JP
Brown
J V
JV
Goldstein
B H
BH
D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011126:Polypropylenes; D013526:Surgical Mesh
D011126:Polypropylenes
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