Scar endometriosis: the menace of surgery

BMJ case reports · 2014 · vol. 2014 , pp. bcr2014206693 · doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-206693 · PMID:25320264 · W2314500225
article OA: bronze CC0 ⤵ 8 in-corpus citations

Abstract

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 …

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

mesh:D004715endometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Cesarean Section Cicatrix Endometriosis Adult Cesarean Section Cicatrix Edema Edema Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Pain Pain

Citation neighborhood

Papers in the corpus that this work cites (lower rings, blue) and that cite this one (upper rings, green). Dot size scales with the paper's in-corpus citation count — bigger dot = more influential within the endo/adeno field. Click a dot to open that paper. [ expand to 2 hops ] — adds papers reached through this work's immediate citers/citees. Heavier; up to 60 extra dots.

References (2)

Cited by (8)

Source provenance

europepmc
last seen: 2026-06-04T01:30:01.192114+00:00
openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
pubmed
last seen: 2026-05-13T22:18:15.805398+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK