Mesothelial cyst of the round ligament mimicking a metastasis: a case report.
A mesothelial cyst of the round ligament is a rare cause of an inguinal mass. Clinically, it is frequently misdiagnosed as one of commoner diseases such as an inguinal hernia, femoral hernia, lipoma, and lymphadenopathy upon physical examination. Some previous reports elaborated the sonographic features of a mesothelial cyst of the round ligament. However, to our knowledge, few reports have described the CT features of a mesothelial cyst. We illustrated here the sonographic and multidetector CT features of a case of a mesothelial cyst of the round ligament that presented as an inguinal palpable mass and mimicked a metastasis in a patient with a Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary.
Kim
Bo Mi
BM
Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, School of Medicine, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
Lee
Ji Young
JY
Han
Yoon Hee
YH
Kim
Su Young
SY
Seo
Jung Wook
JW
Kim
Yong Hoon
YH
Cha
Soon Joo
SJ
Hur
Gham
G
Joo
Mee
M
Lee
Eung Soo
ES
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D012404:Round Ligament of Uterus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018310:Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography
D003287:Contrast Media
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