2008
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-008-0416-7
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Bilateral round ligament varicosities mimicking inguinal hernia during pregnancy

Abstract: The Wrst author's name was spelled the wrong way. It is F.F.A. IJpma instead of F.F.A. Ijpma.

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“…3 Round ligament varicosities have been rarely described and their true incidence is unknown. 1,2,4 Inguinal hernias during pregnancy are relatively uncommon, with a reported incidence of 1 in 1,000-3,000 women. 5 Clinically, inguinal hernias and RLV can be indistinguishable because they both can have similar presentations including tenderness and swelling that is reducible in uncomplicated cases or irreducible in complicated cases.…”
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“…3 Round ligament varicosities have been rarely described and their true incidence is unknown. 1,2,4 Inguinal hernias during pregnancy are relatively uncommon, with a reported incidence of 1 in 1,000-3,000 women. 5 Clinically, inguinal hernias and RLV can be indistinguishable because they both can have similar presentations including tenderness and swelling that is reducible in uncomplicated cases or irreducible in complicated cases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are many cases in the literature where surgery for suspected hernia has resulted in round ligament varicosities being diagnosed intra-operatively [8]. Ultrasound reliably makes the diagnosis and avoids such unnecessary surgery.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Дана патологія описана дуже мало, трапляється в основному під час вагітності у жінок, які часто народжують з ускладненим акушерським анамнезом, не турбує, не наростає в період між вагітностями, а наростає при кожній наступній вагітності особливо у тих, що народжують часто з малими інтервалами між вагітностями. Спостерігається майже у третини вагітних і важливо відзначити, що ця патологія супроводжує від 2% до10% жіночого населення [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. ПСВРВПК трапляються як правобічні, лівобічні, а також двобічні у співвідношенні 11:9:6 [12].…”
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