A CASE OF UMBILICAL ENDOMETRIOSIS

Masatsugu Yano, Keizo SUGINO, Yasuo Kawaguchi, Masahiro Nishihara, Ryo Shinhara, Toshimasa Asahara
In: Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association) · 2005 · vol. 66(8) , pp. 2028–2032 · doi:10.3919/jjsa.66.2028 · W2324748900
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This case report describes a 49-year-old woman with umbilical endometriosis presenting as a bleeding umbilical nodule, confirmed histologically to be endometrial tissue in the dermis and subcutaneous fat.

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臍部子宮内膜症は稀な疾患であり,その組織由来に関しても確定的なものはない.症例は49歳,女性.月経時に出血を伴う臍部の結節を主訴に当科を受診した.臍窩に径13mm大の褐色調,表面平滑,弾性硬の隆起性腫瘤を認めた.手術は臍部切除術,臍部再建術および腹腔鏡下骨盤内観察を行った.骨盤内にも子宮内膜症を認め,組織学的には,真皮から皮下脂肪組織にかけて子宮内膜組織がみられ,硝子様結合織の増生を伴っていた.女性の臍部腫瘤をみた場合は,臍部子宮内膜症を考慮する必要がある.

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