title: Round ligament lipoma mimicking acute appendicitis in a 24-week pregnant female: a case report.
abstract: An exhaustive search of the literature using the Pub Med database revealed no reports of round ligament lipomas mimicking acute appendicitis in pregnant patients. There are relatively few articles on round ligament lipomas and even less on round ligament lipomas during pregnancy. This case report is on a 27-year-old 24-week pregnant female who presented with signs and symptoms similar to acute appendicitis who in fact had a large right pelvic round ligament lipoma that was causing her pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine/Mt. Clemens Regional Medical Center, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043, USA. tjmemtp@yahoo.com
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Paulk
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012404:Round Ligament of Uterus / Q000601:surgery