Massive Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Masquerading as Desmoid Tumour

Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition that usually presents as an abdominal lump. It can be a diagnostic dilemma and should be considered as a differential diagnosis for lumps in the abdomen in females. We discuss a case of abdominal wall endometriosis following caesarean section, which...

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Autores principales: Anand, Mani, Deshmukh, Sanjay D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21976909
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.85043
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description Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition that usually presents as an abdominal lump. It can be a diagnostic dilemma and should be considered as a differential diagnosis for lumps in the abdomen in females. We discuss a case of abdominal wall endometriosis following caesarean section, which was misdiagnosed as a desmoid tumour.
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spelling pubmed-31837222011-10-05 Massive Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Masquerading as Desmoid Tumour Anand, Mani Deshmukh, Sanjay D. J Cutan Aesthet Surg Case Report Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition that usually presents as an abdominal lump. It can be a diagnostic dilemma and should be considered as a differential diagnosis for lumps in the abdomen in females. We discuss a case of abdominal wall endometriosis following caesarean section, which was misdiagnosed as a desmoid tumour. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3183722/ /pubmed/21976909 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.85043 Text en © Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Massive Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Masquerading as Desmoid Tumour
title Massive Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Masquerading as Desmoid Tumour
title_full Massive Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Masquerading as Desmoid Tumour
title_fullStr Massive Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Masquerading as Desmoid Tumour
title_full_unstemmed Massive Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Masquerading as Desmoid Tumour
title_short Massive Abdominal Wall Endometriosis Masquerading as Desmoid Tumour
title_sort massive abdominal wall endometriosis masquerading as desmoid tumour
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183722/
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