A mysterious umbilical swelling: Primary Umbilical Endometriosis
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Primary umbilical endometriosis presents as a rare, painful, discolored umbilical swelling, often diagnosed via FNAC and ultrasound, and treated by surgical excision.
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Primary umbilical endometriosis (PUE) is a rare form of extra-pelvic endometriosis.A high index of suspicion should be in kept in patients presenting with a discoloured umbilical swelling with cyclical pain and/or bleeding.Typical symptoms, FNAC and Ultrasonography usually clinches the diagnosis.Surgical excision of the nodule remains the mainstay of treatment.
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