{"paper_id":"a86ce7ea-b507-4130-9b14-39d68e8c2fa8","body_text":"Main Article Content\nIsolated Umbilical Endometriosis: A Case Report\nAbstract\nTwo decades ago, it was thought that endometriosis was rare among Africans (Ekwempu 1980, Giwa-Osagie et al 1988). But unpublished clinical observation suggests that pelvic endometriosis may not be as rare in Africans as previously thought.\nIsolated umbilical endometriosis is rather rare. Although there are some case reports from a number of Caucasian countries (Hussain et al 2003, Zollner et al 2003, Sidani et al 2002, Von Stemm et al 1999), only one case has been reported from Nigeria (Okunlola et al 2002). For this reason, we here present one case that we treated recently.\nWest African Journal of Radiology Vol.7(1) 2000: 41-43","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}