Unexpected Encounter with Painless Endometriosis During Abdominoplasty

Subcutaneous endometriomas are cystic lesions that are rarely described. During the course of abdominoplasty surgery, a “surprise” encounter with a cyst containing brown material brought up the possibility that an atypical incarcerated hernia was entered. Dissection revealed no connection between the cyst and the rectus fascia and subsequent pathologic evaluation revealed an endometrioma. This report describes the unusual encounter with a painless endometrioma during abdominoplasty. Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.

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