[Decidua in the peritoneal surface mimicking metastatic nodules. Findings during cesarean section].
article
OA: closed
CC0
⤵ 10 in-corpus citations
Abstract
The occurrence of ectopic decidua has been observed most often in the ovaries, uterus, and cervix. A peritoneal localization is less frequent and usually an asymptomatic incidental finding. Ectopic decidua was investigated in biopsies taken during cesarean sections, elective tubal ligations, appendectomy and in tubal pregnancies. Histologic studies have been carried out of fragments from the epiploon, appendiceal serosa, tubal serosa, retroperitoneal lymph nodes and various abdominal organs. Our purpose is to report a case of peritoneal deciduosis in a 46-year-old woman, asymptomatic, discovered during cesarean section and mimicking metastatic nodules (incidental finding). The histopathological diagnosis was done based on specimen studied with the common technique of paraffin embedding and hematoxilin--eosin staining. We believe that this decidual transformation of the peritoneum arises from a progesterone-induced metaplasia of the coelomic stroma, being often a totally reversible phenomenon.
My notes (saved in your browser only)
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.
Cited by (10)
- Disorders of the Peritoneum 2018
- Décidualisation ectopique géante du péritoine et de l’épiploon mimant une carcinose péritonéale 2012
- La déciduose ectopique : variabilités de présentation pendant la grossesse et diagnostics différentiels 2012
- Diffuse deciduosis occurring within an ovarian cystadenoma – a clinical–pathological mimic of a malignant process 2011
- A case of ovarian deciduosis in pregnancy 2011
- Ectopic Decidual Reaction in the Urinary Bladder Presenting as a Vesical Tumor 2009
- Two cases of pregnant women with ovarian endometrioma mimicking a malignant ovarian tumor 2008
- Ectopic decidual reaction mimicking peritoneal tubercles: A report of three cases 2008
- Deciduosis causing perforating appendicitis in the early postpartum period following caesarean section 2008
- Decidualization of Ovarian Endometriosis During Pregnancy Mimicking Malignancy 2005
Source provenance
- openalex
- last seen: 2026-06-04T00:00:01.174412+00:00
License: CC0
· commercial use OK