Chronic Umbilical Discharge: An unusual presentation of endometriosis

Sadaf Jafferbhoy, Panas Symeonides, Melanie Levy, Muhammad H Shiwani
Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2013 · doi:10.12816/0003209 · PMID:23573396 · PMC3616781
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This case report describes a 35-year-old diabetic woman whose intermittent umbilical discharge, unresponsive to antibiotics, was definitively diagnosed as endometriosis via excision and histology.

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The paper describes an unusual clinical presentation of endometriosis in the form of chronic umbilical discharge, framed as a case report rather than a population study. The authors report the diagnostic presentation and clinical context of this symptom pattern consistent with endometriosis at an atypical site. A key limitation is that the available information is based on a single case, which limits generalizability beyond the individual described. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on chronic umbilical discharge as an atypical presentation.

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Umbilical endometriosis is an important differential diagnosis of any umbilical lesion. A 35-year-old type 2 diabetic woman presented with intermittent umbilical discharge which failed to respond to various antibiotics. An ultrasound scan and MRI scan failed to show any obvious abnormality. The umbilicus was excised and histology confirmed endometriosis. Surgical excision provides a definitive diagnosis and curative treatment for isolated endometriosis.
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