title: Mesothelial cyst of the round ligament mimicking a metastasis: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, School of Medicine, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Bo Mi
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yoon Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Su Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Yong Hoon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soon Joo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Gham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: Mee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: Eung Soo
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
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