Anterior abdominal wall endometriosis

Patrick McKenna, T. Wade‐Evans
In: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology · 1985 · vol. 6(2) , pp. 114–116 · doi:10.3109/01443618509079166 · W1977709462
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This paper reviewed 25 cases of anterior abdominal wall endometriosis diagnosed between 1951 and 1980, with 20 occurring in surgical scars and five in the umbilicus.

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SummaryBetween 1951 and 1980 twenty-five patients were diagnosed by histological examination as having endometriosis of the anterior abdominal wall. Twenty of these had endometriosis in a scar from previous abdominal surgery and five had endometriosis of the umbilicus. The symptomatology and reproductive history of the patients are reviewed and the aetiology of endometriosis discussed.

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