Scar endometriosis: the menace of surgery
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A 28-year-old woman, para 2, with two previous caesarean sections, presented with pain and swelling in lower abdomen at the caesarean scar site for 6 months. The last caesarean section was performed 2 years earlier. There was no history of cyclical pain. On examination, a 3×2 cm irregular, nodular, dark coloured, firm, immobile swelling was present on the lateral end of the caesarean scar (figure 1). The patient's general, systemic and gynaecological examination revealed no abnormality. Pelvic ultrasound detected no abnormality but in the region …
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