Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Following Laparoscopic Endometrioma Surgery: a Case Report

Number: 1 March 1, 2015
  • Aytekin Tokmak
  • Ebru Ersoy
  • Ümit Taşdemir
  • Aylin Kalınbaçoğlu
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Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Following Laparoscopic Endometrioma Surgery: a Case Report

Abstract

Endometriosis is deŞned as the presence of ectopic, functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It is a common gynecological condition which is frequently located within the pelvis, but it can even be found in the lung, bowel, ureter and abdominal wall, etc. The expression ‘abdominal wall endometriosis AWE ’ is used to indicate the presence of ectopic endometrium located far from the peritoneum, embedded in the subcutaneous fatty tissue and the abdominal wall muscle layers. AWE is a rare entity and occasionally presented to general surgeons as a lump in the abdomen. It can pose a diagnostic dilemma and should be in the differential diagnosis of lumps in the abdomen in females. Diagnosis is usually made following histological examination. This is a case report of abdominal wall endometriosis following laparoscopic endometrioma surgery

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Aytekin Tokmak

Ebru Ersoy

Ümit Taşdemir

Aylin Kalınbaçoğlu

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March 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Number: 1

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Tokmak A, Ersoy E, Taşdemir Ü, Kalınbaçoğlu A (March 1, 2015) Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Following Laparoscopic Endometrioma Surgery: a Case Report. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 1 55–57.