Abdominal wall endometriosis: a rarely anticipated diagnosis: a 16-year experience and brief literature review
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This retrospective review of nine patients found that abdominal wall endometriosis was rarely anticipated preoperatively, with neoplasia being the more common suspected diagnosis.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate cases of endometriosis of the abdominal wall to determine whether the diagnosis was anticipated preoperatively and whether or not the patient had undergone prior surgery.
STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective review of records of patients undergoing surgical resection of abdominal wall endometriosis from 1996-2011.
RESULTS: Nine cases were identified. For the 8 cases with a recorded preoperative diagnosis, the clinical diagnosis of endometriosis was recorded preoperatively in only 25% of cases. The most common preoperative diagnosis was neoplasia.
CONCLUSION: Abdominal wall endometriosis remains a difficult diagnosis to make preoperatively. Awareness among gynecologists and consideration of the diagnosis in the differential will potentially decrease the number of cases suspected of malignancy and may alleviate some stress on the patients' part, due to the possibility of a benign diagnosis.
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- High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Abdominal Wall Endometriosis 2019
- Abdominal wall endometrioma far from previous scar 2018
- Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Eleven Years After Cesarean Section: Case Report 2017
- Abdominal wall endometriosis occurring after cesarean section: an underestimated complication 2016
- Various anatomic locations of surgically proven endometriosis: A single-center experience 2015
- An Abdominal Wall Desmoid Tumour Mimicking Cesarean Scar Endometriomas: A Case Report and Review of the Literature 2015
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