A 51-year-old female patient presented with an abdominal mass of the right hypochondrium.
She had a medical history of a right subcostal laparotomy for cholecystectomy 6 years
prior. She also had a prosthetic repair of a subcostal incisional hernia 1 year after
the first surgery.
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Published online: April 21, 2022
Robert G. Stern, MD, Section EditorFootnotes
Funding: None.
Conflicts of Interest: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Authorship: All authors participated in planning or conducting the study, collecting or interpreting data, or drafting the manuscript. HH: collecting and interpreting data, and drafting the manuscript; KF: collecting and interpreting data, and drafting the manuscript; NT: collecting and interpreting data. A written consent was obtained from the patient. All authors approved the final draft submitted.
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