Scar endometriosis: a clinicopathologic study of 17 cases.

S Chatterjee, S K Chatterjee
Obstetrics and gynecology · 1980 · vol. 56(1) , pp. 81–4 · PMID:7383492 · W12097452
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This clinicopathologic study of 17 scar endometriosis cases found it most common in multiparous women in their third decade, often following hysterotomy, presenting as painful, menses-related scar swelling, and best treated by surgical excision.

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Clinicopathologic finding are presented from 17 cases of scar endometriosis studied over a 5-year period. Multiparous women in the third decade of life were most frequently affected. Seventy-one percent of the cases followed abdominal hysterotomy, for a 1.08% incidence of scar endometriosis in the patients who underwent hysterotomy during this period. The most common symptom was painful swelling of the scar which waxed and waned with menses. The majority of patients presented from 1 to 2 years after the precipitating operation. Associated pelvic endometriosis was present in 24% of the patients. Therapy with oral progestogen was ineffective, and the treatment of choice was clearly surgical excision. The causal relationship between surgery and subsequent scar endometriosis is discussed. Methods of prevention are suggested.

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Cicatrix Endometriosis Adult Cicatrix Cicatrix Decidua Decidua Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Hysterectomy Hysterectomy Norethindrone Norethindrone Pelvic Neoplasms Pelvic Neoplasms Postoperative Complications Postoperative Complications

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