Case 4

P Rubegni, Pietro Rubegni, P Sbano, R Santopietro, Rosa Santopietro, M Fimiani, Michele Fimiani
Clinical and experimental dermatology · 2003 · vol. 28(5) , pp. 571–572 · doi:10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01354.x · PMID:12950365 · W2403034269
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A pregnant woman presented with a recurrent, painful, and bleeding umbilical nodule, histologically characterized as a mass of eosinophilic polygonal cells and epithelial-lined spaces.

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A 28‐year‐old Caucasian woman presented with a nodule in the umbilicus at week 12 of pregnancy. She had a 2‐year history of intermittent pain and bleeding from the umbilicus. The lesion also bled during pregnancy. Examination revealed a tender, reddish‐brown polypoid nodule, 1 × 1 cm in diameter, in the umbilicus (Fig. 1). Medical and surgical history revealed nothing of note. Histological examination of a haematoxylin and eosin‐stained biopsy specimen showed a mass of polygonal cells with abundant cytoplasm rich in eosinophils and spaces lined with flat and, in places, simple cuboid epithelial cells in the dermis (Fig. 2).

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Pregnancy Complications Umbilicus Adult Endometriosis Female Humans Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications

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