Pancreatic endometriosis presenting as a hypovascular renal mass
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This report details a case of pancreatic endometriosis that mimicked a renal mass, characterized by significant cyst formation around the kidney and recurrent left loin pain.
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We report a case of pancreatic endometriosis that presented as a renal mass. The patient had a history of recurrent left loin pain and pathological examination revealed pancreatic endometriosis, with huge cyst formation around the kidney. The clinicopathological features and the possible pathogenesis are discussed.
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- Frequently Misdiagnosed Extrapelvic Endometriosis Lesions: Case Reports and Review of the Literature 2014
- Endometriosis of the pancreas 2012
- Pancreatic endometrial cyst: report of a case 2011
- Gallbladder endometrioma associated with obstructive jaundice and a serous ovarian cystic adenoma 2010
- Extragenital endometriosis 2010
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- Endometriosis extrapélvica: reporte de tres casos y revisión narrativa de la literatura 2005
- A case of pancreatic endometrial cyst 2002
- Endometrial cyst of the liver: a case report and review of the literature 2002
- Case report: hepatic and retro-peritoneal endometriosis presenting as obstructive jaundice with ascites: a case report and review of the literature 2002
- Extrapelvic endometriosis 1999
- Extrapelvic endometriosis 1997
- Cystic endometriosis of the upper abdominal organs. Report on three cases and review of the literature 1996
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