Scar Endometrioma Following Cesarian Section: Case Report

Fatih Taşkesen, Mehmet Sühha Bostancı, Zülfü Arıkanoğlu, Ömer Uslukaya, Abdullah Oğuz
In: Journal of Current Surgery · 2012 · vol. 2 , pp. 144–145 · W1969575947
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This case report describes the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of scar endometrioma, a form of abdominal wall endometriosis that can mimic other abdominal masses, particularly after cesarean section.

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Endometriosis is a gynecological disease which is sometimes presented to general surgeons as a lump at the abdominal wall. It can pose a diagnostic confusion and should be in the differential diagnosis of lumps in the abdomen in female especially with a gynecological abdominal operation history. Endometrioma is well-marked tumoral lesions, such as non-neoplastic granuloma which formed by whitish fibrous tissue, with thick chocolate-like colored liquid areas which composed of endometriosis. This report is about the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the endometriosis and endometrioma. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jcs73w

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