[A female patient with an unusual swelling in the groin]. / Een patiënte met een ongewone zwelling in de lies.

A swelling in the groin is a highly prevalent complaint. However, surgical exploration can sometimes reveal an unexpected finding, such as in our case of a postmenopausal 52-year-old female patient. After surgical excision, a left groin mass appeared to be a leiomyoma of the round ligament of the uterus.

[A patient with abnormal skin discolouring around a colostomy]. / Een vrouw met een huidverkleuring rondom het stoma.

In this article we present a case of a 83-year-old female patient with an abnormal skin discolouring around the colostomy, which we diagnosed as ectopic parastomal varices due to underlying primary biliary cirrhosis.