Cesarean section scar endometriosis: a case report and review of the literature

Phupong V, Vorapong Phupong, Surang Triratanachat, Triratanachat S
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet · 2002 · vol. 85(6) , pp. 733–8 · PMID:12322849 · W207961398
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This case report details a 35-year-old woman with cyclic pain and a nodule at her cesarean scar, confirmed as endometriosis via surgical excision and pathology.

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Cesarean section scar endometriosis is a rare event. The reported incidence is 0.03-1.7 per cent. Herein, the authors report a case of a 35-year-old woman, G1P1, who presented with cyclic pain at the left lateral edge of the pfannenstiel scar. The skin of this edge had also become dark brown. She had undergone a cesarean section for cephalopelvic disproportion four years previously. Physical examination revealed only mild tenderness and a dark brown nodule at the left lateral edge of the scar. Pre-operative diagnosis was scar endometriosis, surgical excision was performed and the tissue pathology confirmed the characteristic features of endometriosis. The post-operative course was uneventful, and no recurrence was found during the two-year follow-up period. The literature regarding cesarean section scar endometriosis was reviewed.

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endometriosis

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Cesarean Section Cicatrix Endometriosis Adult Adult Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Cicatrix Cicatrix Cicatrix Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Humans Humans Incidence Incidence

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