[Umbilical endometriosis. A case report].

K Daoudi, Khalid Daoudi, A Bongain, V Isnard, J M Castillon, Javier Martínez Castillón, J F Michiels, J Y Gillet
Revue francaise de gynecologie et d'obstetrique · 1995 · vol. 90(10) , pp. 442–3 · PMID:8539512 · W2428549120
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This case report describes umbilical endometriosis, a rare condition typically affecting women of childbearing age, where surgical excision is the only effective treatment.

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Umbilical endometriosis is a rare site of the disease. The authors report a case of umbilical endometriosis only. Umbilical involvement is estimated at 0.5 to 1% of all site of the disease. This is a disorder affecting women of childbearing age, with a mean age of about 40. Medical treatment by progestogens or Danazol is inconstantly and partially effective regarding umbilical endometriosis. Surgical excision remains the only effective treatment: omphalectomy with wide removal of the tumor and reconstruction of an umbilicus. Surgery enables histologic study and, in the presence of suggestive symptomatology, search for and treatment of other genital sites.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Umbilicus Adult Combined Modality Therapy Danazol Danazol Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Endometriosis Estrogen Antagonists Estrogen Antagonists Female Humans

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