Document Type : Case Reports

Authors

Dept. of Pathology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University School of Medicine, Rize, Turkey

Abstract

Round ligament leiomyoma of uterus is rare. It can be presented as inguinal swelling mimicking the inguinal hernia or lymph node. Surgical excision is its curative treatment. Definitive diagnosis is made by histopathological examination. A 32 year old pregnant patient having round ligament leiomyoma as diagnosed histopathologically in Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Hospital in 2014 was presented here as the sixth case in literature.

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