Coexistence of Cesarean Scar Endometriosis and Intramuscular Endometriosis

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In: Journal of Medical Cases · 2014 · doi:10.14740/jmc1728w · W3152409015
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This case report presents radiological imaging findings of a rare instance of abdominal scar endometriosis coexisting with intramuscular endometriosis in the rectus abdominis muscle.

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This paper is a case report describing the coexistence of cesarean scar endometriosis and intramuscular endometriosis, where endometriotic foci were found in abdominal scar tissue and in the rectus abdominis muscle. The authors used radiological imaging, specifically ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, to identify and characterize these lesions and to help distinguish them from other pathologies. They highlight that, as far as they knew, the simultaneous presence of two separate abdominal-wall foci in subcutaneous fat and within rectus muscles had not been specified in prior scar endometriosis case reports. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it reports a rare coexistence of cesarean scar endometriosis and intramuscular (rectus muscle) endometriosis.

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Endometriosis is defined as presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterus. With decreasing order of frequency, ovaries, peritoneum, subperitoneal deep pelvic cavity, intestinal and urinary system are the most common areas where the disease occurs. Endometriotic foci may develop on the scar tissue after previous surgery or abdominal wall in addition to pelvic region. This is often observed after obstetric and gynecological operations, and it needs to be distinguished with many different pathologies. Therefore, radiological modalities like ultrasound (US) imaging and m agnetic r esonance i maging (MRI) provide important clues for diagnosis. As far as we know, the coexistence of two separate foci, which are in subcutaneous fatty issue and in rectus muscles, has not been specified in any case report related to the abdominal scar endometriosis. In this case report, we intended to show a rare phenomenon, which is accompaniment of scar tissue endometriosis and rectus abdominis muscle endometriosis, by radiological imaging methods. J Med Cases. 2014;5(5):298-301 doi: http://dx.doi.o rg/10.14740/jmc1728 w
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Abstract

Endometriosis is defined as presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterus. With decreasing order of frequency, ovaries, peritoneum, subperitoneal deep pelvic cavity, intestinal and urinary system are the most common areas where the disease occurs. Endometriotic foci may develop on the scar tissue after previous surgery or abdominal wall in addition to pelvic region. This is often observed after obstetric and gynecological operations, and it needs to be distinguished with many different pathologies. Therefore, radiological modalities like ultrasound (US) imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide important clues for diagnosis. As far as we know, the coexistence of two separate foci, which are in subcutaneous fatty issue and in rectus muscles, has not been specified in any case report related to the abdominal scar endometriosis. In this case report, we intended to show a rare phenomenon, which is accompaniment of scar tissue endometriosis and rectus abdominis muscle endometriosis, by radiological imaging methods. J Med Cases. 2014;5(5):298-301 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc1728w J Med Cases. 2014;5(5):298-301 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc1728w

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Scar endometriosis; Intramuscular endometriosis; MRI

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