Endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma

Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It has been previously reported in the abdominal wall secondary to gynaecological surgery. We present the case of a 32-year woman with endometrioma of the abdominal wall masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma with no pr...

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Autores principales: Al Shakarchi, J., Bohra, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25786439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv023
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description Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It has been previously reported in the abdominal wall secondary to gynaecological surgery. We present the case of a 32-year woman with endometrioma of the abdominal wall masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma with no previous surgical history.
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spelling pubmed-43636912015-03-25 Endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma Al Shakarchi, J. Bohra, A. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It has been previously reported in the abdominal wall secondary to gynaecological surgery. We present the case of a 32-year woman with endometrioma of the abdominal wall masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma with no previous surgical history. Oxford University Press 2015-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4363691/ /pubmed/25786439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv023 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma
title Endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma
title_full Endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma
title_fullStr Endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma
title_full_unstemmed Endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma
title_short Endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma
title_sort endometrioma in a virgin abdomen masquerading as an intramuscular lipoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25786439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv023
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