IMMEDIATE POST-PARTUM THROMBOSIS OF THE VEINS OF THE ROUND LIGAMENT IMITATING AN IRREDUCIBLE INGUINAL-HERNIA

Authors
BUXTON N BOULOUGOURIS P PAI KP MORGAN RH MENON V
Citation
N. Buxton et al., IMMEDIATE POST-PARTUM THROMBOSIS OF THE VEINS OF THE ROUND LIGAMENT IMITATING AN IRREDUCIBLE INGUINAL-HERNIA, Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 73(6), 1994, pp. 514-515
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016349
Volume
73
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
514 - 515
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6349(1994)73:6<514:IPTOTV>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Following delivery, our patient presented acutely with a painful swell ing in the groin. Diagnosis could only be established by exploration. Thrombosed veins of the round ligament were found on histology of the swelling. Exploration was necessary to rule out an acute inguinal hern ia.