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- Title
Spontaneous Endometriosis of the Abdominal Wall.
- Authors
Geranpaye, Loabat; Fadaei-Araghi, Mohsen; Irani, Shirin; Shakiba, Behnam
- Abstract
Abdominal wall endometriosis, the commonest type of extra-pelvic endometriosis, may rarely develop spontaneously in the absence of prior surgical scar. We aim to report 3 cases with this unique characteristic, two of them with a diagnosis of unusual development of umbilical endometriosis and one with inguinal endometriosis, from the perspective of a general surgeon. Because of the potential pitfalls in its diagnosis, endometriosis should be emphasized in the differential diagnosis of abdominal wall masses.
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL wall abnormalities; ENDOMETRIOSIS; PELVIC bones; SCARS; SURGEONS; FEMALE reproductive organ diseases; ENDOMETRIUM; DISEASES
- Publication
Acta Medica Iranica, 2009, Vol 47, Issue 2, p154
- ISSN
0044-6025
- Publication type
Article