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CASE REPORT
Laparoscopic excision of round ligament endometrioma
  1. Francesc Simó Alari1,
  2. Paul Caveriviere2,
  3. Israel Gutierrez1,
  4. Claire Gillon3
  1. 1Chirurgie gynécologique et viscerale, Centre hospitalier du val d’Ariege, Foix, France
  2. 2Laboratoire Les Feuillants, Toulouse, France
  3. 3Gynécologie et obstétrique, Centre hospitalier du val d’Ariege, Foix, France
  1. Correspondence to Francesc Simó Alari, f.simo.alari{at}gmail.com

Summary

A 14-year-old female patient consulted due to 4 months of recurrent right pelvic pain during her menstrual period. Sonography revealed a 35 mm haemorrhagic right ovarian cyst, initially treated with hormone therapy and oral analgesics with no response. Surgery was indicated due to growth on sonography control and no response to medical treatment. Laparoscopy showed a 7 cm leiomyomatous-like mass arising from the right round ligament that was extracted en bloc without rupture with right salpingectomy and ovarian preservation. The histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of round ligament endometrioma with no atypia. The patient presented an uncomplicated postoperative course and was discharged home 48 hours after surgery. Hormonal contraceptives were initiated after the histopathological confirmation; the patient remains asymptomatic at 1-year follow-up.

  • reproductive medicine
  • general surgery

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  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

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