{"paper_id":"9fea6167-62c6-484d-b433-fb4f7bbffeab","body_text":"Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology (CEOG) is published by IMR Press from Volume 47 Issue 1 (2020). Previous articles were published by another publisher on a subscription basis, and they are hosted by IMR Press on imrpress.com as a courtesy and upon agreement with S.O.G.\nAbdominal scar endometriosis: case report\nAffiliations\nArticle Info\n1 First Department of Surgery, “Sapienza” Medical School, Rome\n2 Department of Pathology, “Sapienza” Medical School, Rome (Italy)\nAbstract\nAbdominal scar endometriosis, corresponding to the presence of an endometrial tissue near or inside an abdominal surgical incision, is a rare clinical event that can occur in women after gynecological or obstetric surgery. Generally, a triad consisting of underlying mass at the incision, cyclic menstrual scar pain, and history of previous gynecological or obstetric surgery leads to the preoperative diagnosis. In rare cases, the clinical presentation is atypical and the differential diagnosis with incarcerated incisional hernia, granuloma, abscess or other soft tissue tumors can be difficult. The authors describe the case of 39-year-old woman who underwent three previous cesarean sections, with a 20-week history of underlying palpable mass at the Pfannenstiel incision, associated to continuous pain. In this case, a surgical excision followed by the histology definitely clarified the diagnosis.\nKeywords\n- Abdominal wall endometriosis\n- Cesarean incision\n- Endometrial implants\n- Scar endometriosis\n- Obstetric surgery","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}