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CHARLES W. MAYO, M.D.; GUSTAVE B. SCHUNKE, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1940;41(3):637-645.

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Wells¹ is generally credited with being the first to report a case of leiomyoma of the round ligament. In 1865 he reported 2 cases of inguinal tumors which were described as "fibrous tumors of the round ligament;" one growth was the size of a small orange and the other the size of a coconut.

Sänger,² in 1883, found reports of 11 cases of tumor of the round ligament in the literature and added 1 of his own. In his case the tumor was a fibromyosarcoma. Emanuel,³ in 1903, added 68 cases. Taussig,⁴ in 1914, brought the total number of cases to 141.

Watkins,⁵ in 1933, collected 173 cases of tumor of the round ligament from the literature; in 87 of these the tumor was a fibromyoma and was reported as a fibroma or a myoma. In 8 cases a diagnosis of sarcoma was made, and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Fellow in Surgery, the Mayo Foundation ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Division of Surgery, the Mayo Clinic.

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