A CASE OF HETEROTOPIC ENDOMETRIOSIS PRESENTED WITH AN UMBILICAL TUMOR

Yukinobu Inoue; Masatoshi Takahashi; Takayuki Hanamoto; Masao Sunahara

doi:10.3919/jjsa.69.457

A CASE OF HETEROTOPIC ENDOMETRIOSIS PRESENTED WITH AN UMBILICAL TUMOR

Yukinobu Inoue, Masatoshi Takahashi, Takayuki Hanamoto, Masao Sunahara

In: Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) · 2008 · vol. 69(2) , pp. 457–460 · doi:10.3919/jjsa.69.457 · W2085070961

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A case of heterotopic endometriosis presenting as an umbilical tumor in a 48-year-old woman was diagnosed after initial presentation with pain and discharge, and subsequent imaging.

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Abstract

48歳，女性．2004年に臍部に腫瘤を自覚し，ときに軽度の疼痛を伴い，排膿を数回認めた．徐々に増大し軽快しないため，2006年10月に来院した．臍直下に2cmの硬質腫瘤を触知し，腹部超音波，CT，MRIで臍直下に3×2cmの充実性腫瘤を認めたが術前診断は困難であった．病理組織学的所見で異所性子宮内膜症と診断した．臍部の皮膚，皮下子宮内膜症は比較的稀であるが，女性で臍部に発生した腫瘤の鑑別疾患として，念頭に置くべき疾患であると考えられた．