Fatty necrosis of falciform ligament due to torsion mimics falciform ligament cyst on MRI

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 4, 448 - 451, 04.10.2018

İlknur Özdeniz Ali Önder Devay Ediz Tevfik Özgan

https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.347535

Abstract

The falciform ligament which is a broad
and thin peritoneal ligament, divides the left and right subphrenic
compartments. Some pathologies of this ligament can be a rare cause of acute
abdomen. Mostly its pathologies present a challenge for diagnose. In a case who
was admitted with acute abdomen, we determined a fatty
necrosis of the falciform ligament during surgery.
This rare primary pathology of the falciform ligament
mimics falciform ligament cyst on MRI, which is another rare pathology. 

Keywords

falciform ligament, fatty necrosis, cyst, MRI

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