{"paper_id":"561b213b-be50-401c-b694-2ec2e7da76c6","body_text":"YUHASpace Repository\n6\n761\nCited 0 times in\nCited 17 times in\nClinical manifestations of abdominal wall endometriosis: a single center experience\n- Authors\n- Jeonghyun Kang ; Jeong-Heum Baek ; Won-Suk Lee ; Tae Ho Cho ; Jung Nam Lee ; Woon Kee Lee ; Min Chung\n- Citation\n- ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS, Vol.287(2) : 301-305, 2013\n- Journal Title\n- ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS\n- ISSN\n- 0167-4943\n- Issue Date\n- 2013\n- MeSH\n- bdominal Wall*/diagnostic imaging ; Abdominal Wall*/pathology ; Abdominal Wall*/surgery ; Adult ; Cesarean Section ; Endometriosis/diagnosis* ; Endometriosis/etiology ; Endometriosis/surgery ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Postoperative Complications/diagnosis* ; Postoperative Complications/surgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome ; Ultrasonography\n- Keywords\n- Abdominal wall endometriosis ; Excision ; Cesarean section\n- Abstract\n- OBJECTIVE:\nThis study aimed to investigate the clinical manifestations and treatment outcomes of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE).\nMATERIALS AND METHODS:\nPatients diagnosed with AWE at the Gil Medical Center from January 2002 to September 2010 were retrospectively reviewed.\nRESULTS:\nThirty-seven women were treated for AWE during the study period. Median age was 34 (range 24-45) years, and median duration from last pelvic surgery until symptom onset was 30 (range 6-96) months. The most common initial symptom was a palpable mass (36, 97.2 %), followed by cyclic or spontaneous pain (21, 56.8 %). Preoperative diagnoses were accurate in 20 of 29 patients (68.9 %), who underwent a preoperative imaging study. The accuracy of abdominal US was 80 % (12/15). All patients underwent wide excision, and the median tumor size was 3.5 (range 1.0-10.0) cm. One patient experienced recurrence at 34 months postoperatively.\nCONCLUSIONS:\nPhysicians should be aware of AWE in any woman presenting with palpable mass and/or pain at the abdominal wall, especially after pelvic surgery. Adequate preoperative estimation and wide excision might be essential for the treatment of AWE.\n- Appears in Collections:\n- 1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Surgery (외과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers\n- Yonsei Authors\n- Kang, Jeonghyun(강정현) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7311-6053\nItems in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}