Endomnetriomna of the Anterior Abdominal Wall Not Related to a Previous Scar

Deepak G. Bedi, Hosam Mostafa
In: Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography · 1997 · vol. 13(6) , pp. 295–296 · doi:10.1177/875647939701300605 · W2001863525
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This case report describes a 38-year-old woman with a rectus abdominis muscle endometrioma presenting as a cyclically tender mass unrelated to a surgical scar.

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Endometriosis of the abdominal wall usually occurs in a scar, and rarely in the intact rectus abdominis muscle. A 38-year-old woman presenting with an abdominal wall mass, which was cyclically tender with her menstrual periods, had an endometrioma not related to a previous scar. Based on a sonogram, the mass was solid, hypoechoic, and situated entirely within the rectus muscle. The differential diagnosis includes abscess, hematoma, and neoplasm, but the cyclical tenderness and enlargement of the mass confirms the diagnosis.

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