Umbilical endometriosis associated with large umbilical hernia. Case report.

Miroslav Stojanović, Radojkovic M, M Radojkovic, Milan Radojković, Jeremic L, Ljiljana Jeremić, L Jeremic, Zlatic A, A Zlatic, Goran Stanojević, Stanojevic G, G Stanojevic, Dejan Janjic, Janjic D, D Janjic, S Mihajlovic, Mihajlovic S, Slađana Mihajlović, I. Dimov, Dimov I, Kostov M, M Kostov, M Zdravkovic, Zdravkovic M, Miodrag Zdravkovic, M Stojanovic, Stojanovic M
Chirurgia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) · 2014 · vol. 109(2) , pp. 267–70 · PMID:24742424 · W2181298830
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This report describes a rare case of spontaneous umbilical endometriosis associated with a large umbilical hernia, treated successfully with surgical excision and mesh repair.

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Umbilical endometriosis is a rare condition, usually following laparoscopic and surgical procedures involving the umbilicus.Spontaneous umbilical endometriosis occurring without any previous abdominal or uterine surgery is extremely rare. The maximal depth of penetration of the umbilical endometriosis described is up to fascial level. There have been only two cases of endometriosis reported arising within umbilical hernia. The authors report a case of a patient with spontaneous umbilical endometriosis associated with a large umbilical hernia, treated by surgical excision and mesh repair of the abdominal wall. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first described case of the association of umbilical endometriosis with a large umbilical hernia that requires prosthetic mesh repair of the abdominal wall defect.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Hernia, Umbilical Hernia, Umbilical Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Hernia, Umbilical Hernia, Umbilical Humans Plastic Surgery Procedures Treatment Outcome

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