A case report of leiomyosarcoma originating in the ligamentum teres of the liver

Adachi, Masao; Sugita, Toshio; Maehara, Misao; Sugaya, Hitoshi; Ihori, Masashi; Hisauchi, Tohru; Harada, Takashi; Kogure, Hiroaki; Tajima, Yoshio

doi:10.1007/bf02774073

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“…Unusual lesions reported in the falciform ligament and ligamentum teres of the liver are lipoma [4][5][6] , paraganglioma [7] , lymphangioma [8] and leiomyosarcoma [9][10][11][12][13][14] . Moreover, simple serous cysts of the falciform ligament [1][2][3]15] and the ligamentum teres of the liver have been sporadically reported in the literature [16][17][18][19][20] .…”

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A symptomatic cyst of the ligamentum teres of the liver: A case report

Lagoudianakis

Michalopoulos²,

Markogiannakis³

et al. 2008

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Cysts of the liver ligaments are extremely rare and cysts of the ligamentum teres of the liver have been sporadically reported in the literature during the last century. The present report describes a case of a symptomatic patient with a cyst of the ligamentum teres of the liver. The patient presented with right upper quadrant pain and indigestion during the last 2 years. Ultrasound and computed tomography scans revealed a water-density mass attached to the anterior abdominal wall, but definite diagnosis could not be reached. The cyst was completely excised during laparotomy. Cysts of the ligamentum teres of the liver, although infrequent, may produce clinical symptoms and require excision. Ultrasound and computed tomography scan preoperatively cannot rule out malignancy, thus exploratory laparotomy and total resection of these lesions are necessary.

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A symptomatic cyst of the ligamentum teres of the liver: A case report

Lagoudianakis

Michalopoulos²,

Markogiannakis³

et al. 2008

WJG

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“…Malignant mesenchymal tumors primary to the hepatic ligaments are very rare tumors. Leiomyosarcoma was observed in both the ligamentum falciforme (Morita et al 1987) and the ligamentum teres hepatis (Mital and Bazaz-Malik 1971;Adachi et al 1979;Yamaguchi et al 1996). In sarcoma originating in the falciform ligament, supply of the tumor by the hepatic falciform artery has been demonstrated (Morita et al 1987).…”

Section: Leiomyosarcoma Of the Hepatic Ligamentsmentioning

confidence: 99%