Scar Endometriosis: A Diagnostic Conundrum

Sebastian A. Omenai, Ojevwe H. Egbo
In: OALib · 2022 · vol. 09(07) , pp. 1–6 · doi:10.4236/oalib.1109025 · W4286480204
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This case report describes a 34-year-old woman with scar endometriosis along a Cesarean section scar, highlighting the diagnostic challenge and emphasizing consideration of this condition in abdominal wall nodules near previous scars.

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Cutaneous endometriosis is a rare disease and has remained a diagnostic enigma. It usually presents as a mass in the vicinity of a previous scar. We present a 34-year-old lady who presented with a mass along an initial caesarean section scar. The mass was progressively increasing in size. She was seen in the surgical outpatient department and had surgical excision for a clinical diagnosis of soft tissue fibroma with a differential of foreign body granuloma. Histology of the resected specimen was diagnostic of cutaneous endometriosis. Scar endometriosis should be considered always in abdominal wall nodules present along a previous scar and adequate cleaning of surgical incisions should be done during uterine surgery to prevent implantation.

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