Endometriosis of the abdominal wall.

F Rulli, Rulli F, A Pacella, Pacella A
Acta bio-medica de L'Ateneo parmense : organo della Societa di medicina e scienze naturali di Parma · 1998 · vol. 69(5-6) , pp. 139–43 · PMID:10702842 · W290702996
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This paper reports three cases of abdominal wall endometriosis, often misdiagnosed preoperatively, which was revealed by histology after surgical intervention.

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Endometriosis is ectopic endometrial tissue that responds to hormonal stimulation and is found 8-15 per cent of all menstruating women. Endometrioma in/or close to a surgical scar is rare and occurs in 0.1 per cent of women who underwent cesarean section. When localized at the abdominal wall, the disease presents as a painful swelling resembling other lesions, such as hernias, post-operative ventral hernias, hematomas, granulomas, abscesses, and tumors. Endometriosis of the abdominal wall may not be considered in the differential diagnosis of masses detected in/or close cesarean scar. Three cases are reported here. All of them underwent surgery and the error of the pre-operative diagnosis was revealed by histology in two cases. Actually, only one case was suspected pre-operatively.

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endometriosisendometrioma

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Abdominal Muscles Abdominal Muscles Endometriosis Endometriosis Peritoneal Diseases Peritoneal Diseases Abdominal Muscles Adult Cesarean Section Endometriosis Female Humans Middle Aged Peritoneal Diseases Postoperative Complications Ultrasonography

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