Meanings of broad ligament in English

Small bowel obstruction through a broad ligament defect is a very rare condition.

Pathologic examination showed a low-grade cystadenocarcinoma with a mucinous component limited to the broad ligament.

We successfully repaired the broad ligament defect with suturing.

Primary cystadenocarcinoma that arises in the broad ligament is extremely rare, especially when it is mucinous.

We assigned a provisional diagnosis of an internal hernia progressing through a defect in the broad ligament.

SILS revealed a total broad ligament defect on the left side but no signs of ischemic, necrotic bowel.

This case appears to be the first report of a broad ligament hernia successfully diagnosed and repaired by SILS.

Multi-detector CT of the abdomen showed discontinuity of the sigmoid colon near the broad ligament on the left side.

Surgical exploration and optimal cytoreduction were done, and a final diagnosis of primary broad ligament ependymoma with peritoneal metastasis was made.

The present case highlights the diagnostic workup and management of a rare and an unusually large broad ligament ependymoma with peritoneal metastasis.

Herein, we present a case of unusually large broad ligament ependymoma in a 32-year-old female with pain and lump in the lower abdomen.

In 1955, Allen and Masters describe a painful syndrome which associates traumatic delivery to laceration found on the posterior leaf of the broad ligament.

Nothing grew from the Fallopian tubes nor the broad ligaments.

Projecting backward were a vagina, uterus, and broad ligaments, round ligaments, and Fallopian tubes, with the testes in the position of the ovaries.