Varizen des Ligamentum teres uteri

A 28-year-old

women at the 21st week of pregnancy with round ligament varicosities. A. Grayscale transverse ultrasonography shows an ovoid multiseptated cystic mass in the left groin. B. Color Doppler ultrasonography shows that the lesion is hypervascular. After 5 weeks, follow-up ultrasonography was performed (C-F). The mass in the left groin shows slightly enlarged and composed of multiple anechoic serpentine tubular channels on grayscale ultrasonography (not shown). C. Color Doppler sagittal ultrasonography during Valsalva maneuver. The mass expands and shows marked flow augmentation. D, E. Sagittal ultrasonography of the left groin through the inguinal canal in an erect position. The lesion is enlarged and the vascularities of the mass are markedly engorged. F. These varicose veins between the markers continue to the left parauterine space (arrows) through the inguinal canal (arrowheads).

Varicocele

des Ligamentum teres uteri war auffällig als tastbar, weiche Vorwölbung in der Leiste bei einer Schwangeren. Kein Nachweis einer Hernierung.