Abdominal wall endometriosis associated with ventriculoperitoneal and lumboperitoneal shunts: a report of 2 cases of an extremely rare phenomenon

Estelle G Healy, Estelle Healy, Healy EG, McCluggage WG, W. Glenn McCluggage
International journal of surgical pathology · 2011 · vol. 20(3) , pp. 301–304 · doi:10.1177/1066896911424900 · PMID:21997593 · W1973395876
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This paper reports two rare cases of abdominal wall endometriosis occurring at ventriculoperitoneal and lumboperitoneal shunt insertion sites, each associated with shunt compromise.

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Endometriosis is a common condition in women of reproductive age and has a known propensity to involve abdominal wall scars. The authors report 2 cases of endometriosis presenting as mass lesions involving the abdominal wall at the site of insertion of ventriculoperitoneal and lumboperitoneal shunts. In both cases, there was clinical evidence of shunt compromise. Endometriosis involving the site of shunt insertion is an extremely rare phenomenon with, as far as the authors are aware, only a single previously reported case. However, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis when a mass develops at a shunt site in a woman of reproductive age.

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endometriosis

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Abdominal Wall Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Cicatrix Endometriosis Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Abdominal Wall Abdominal Wall Adult Adult Arnold-Chiari Malformation Arnold-Chiari Malformation Arnold-Chiari Malformation Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Cicatrix Cicatrix Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female

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