[Umbilical endometriosis].

T Iba; K Hayashi; K P Preusser; H Unsa; N Azuma

[Umbilical endometriosis].

T Iba, K Hayashi, K P Preusser, H Unsa, N Azuma

Geka chiryo. Surgical therapy · 1967 · vol. 17(1) , pp. 116–9 · PMID:5630657 · W4299528502

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This paper describes a rare case of spontaneous umbilical endometriosis presenting as a monthly bleeding nodule within the umbilical depression.

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Abstract

Cutaneous endometriosis is a well known but rare phenomenon. We present a case of spontaneous umbilical endometriosis. The patient revealed a polypoid, brown-blue nodule within the umbilical depression with the typical history of monthly bleeding from the umbilicus. The differential diagnoses are summarized.

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Condition tags

mesh:D004715endometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Umbilicus Female Humans Middle Aged

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Villar’s nodule: A case report and systematic literature review of endometriosis externa of the umbilicus 2007

Cited by (1)

Villar’s nodule: A case report and systematic literature review of endometriosis externa of the umbilicus 2007

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