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ligament
(redirected from Broad ligament)

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Among the conditions are vulvar neoplasia, benign endometrium, pathology of the fallopian tube and broad ligament, sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary, disease of the peritoneum, and gestational trophoblastic disease.
Most cases of endometriosis are found in parts of the areas of the female pelvis such as the ovary, broad ligaments below the ovary and pouch of Douglas.
What's more, inversions pull the uterus-which is heavy with blood during menses-toward the head, and this pull can cause the broad ligaments of the uterus to overstretch.
 
 
 
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