{"title":"A Symptomatic Cyst of the Falciform Ligament of the Liver: A Case Report and Review of the Literature","authors":"S. Shiryazdi, H. Soltani, Ariana Abadyan","doi":"10.37421/JOS.2020.16.9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Falciform ligament cysts are very rare, with only 12 cases being reported so far. Patients may be asymptomatic or may present with symptoms such as abdominal pain and abdominal mass. In this report, we introduce a symptomatic case with abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with falciform ligament cyst using ultrasound imaging confirmed during laparotomy.","PeriodicalId":101237,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Surgery","volume":"33 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.37421/JOS.2020.16.9","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Falciform ligament cysts are very rare, with only 12 cases being reported so far. Patients may be asymptomatic or may present with symptoms such as abdominal pain and abdominal mass. In this report, we introduce a symptomatic case with abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with falciform ligament cyst using ultrasound imaging confirmed during laparotomy.