Dermatology online journal

Scar endometriosis is a rare form of cutaneous endometriosis that typically arises years after abdominal or pelvic surgery, most commonly presenting with cyclic pain and nodular lesions on or near surgical scars. We report the case of a 36-…

Endometriosis is the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue outside the uterus and cutaneous endometriosis is a rare manifestation of this disease that may be found at the sites of surgical scars as a result of iatrogenic implantation. Here…

The onset of umbilical nodules with no previous abdominal surgeries or known endometriosis in other locations characterizes primary umbilical endometriosis. We present a 43-year-old woman with a painful umbilical nodule for several months. …

Endometriosis (i.e., the presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity) may rarely affect the skin either spontaneously or secondary to abdomino-pelvic surgery. Spontaneous cutaneous endometriosis appears most commonl…

CASE REPORT: A 26-year-old woman presented with a history of a dark red, asymptomatic, firm, dome-shaped tumor, approximately 2.5 cm in diameter. The nodule had been developing for one year near a scar in the lower abdominal wall. Her past …

A 35-year-old woman presented with a four-month history of a tender umbilical nodule that bleeds during her menstrual period. Physical examination showed a hyperpigmented umbilical nodule. A biopsy specimen showed fibrotic dermis with incre…