Umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis

Umbilical endometriosis is rare and challenging in both diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of an umbilical scar endometriotic nodule in a 39-year-old lady following laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy. The wide local excision of the nodule and histopathological examination confirmed the...

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Autores principales: Kodandapani, Sreelakshmi, Pai, Muralidhar V, Mathew, Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22346084
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-1208.92291
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author Kodandapani, Sreelakshmi
Pai, Muralidhar V
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description Umbilical endometriosis is rare and challenging in both diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of an umbilical scar endometriotic nodule in a 39-year-old lady following laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy. The wide local excision of the nodule and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis. We discuss the pathogenesis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment options for the patient.
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spelling pubmed-32769512012-02-16 Umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis Kodandapani, Sreelakshmi Pai, Muralidhar V Mathew, Mary J Hum Reprod Sci Case Report Umbilical endometriosis is rare and challenging in both diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of an umbilical scar endometriotic nodule in a 39-year-old lady following laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy. The wide local excision of the nodule and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis. We discuss the pathogenesis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment options for the patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3276951/ /pubmed/22346084 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-1208.92291 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences 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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Kodandapani, Sreelakshmi
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Umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis
title Umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis
title_full Umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis
title_fullStr Umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis
title_full_unstemmed Umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis
title_short Umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis
title_sort umbilical laparoscopic scar endometriosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22346084
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-1208.92291
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