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01-04-2009 | Case Report
Marlex mesh mimicking an adnexal malignancy
Authors:
M. A. Rettenmaier, S. Heinemann, H. Truong, J. P. Micha, J. V. Brown III, B. H. Goldstein
Published in:
Hernia
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Issue 2/2009
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Abstract
Hernia post-operative repair problems are infrequent and easily managed, but plug migration can be a more complicated event. Mesh plug migration is very uncommon and rarely presents as a suspected malignancy. We document a case involving a 79-year-old woman who exhibited a complex right-sided cystic mass that was presumed to be an adnexal malignancy. However, following surgery, the retroperitoneal mass was actually a PerFix mesh plug that migrated from an initial hernia surgery.