A Case of Umbilical Endometriosis: Villar’s Nodule

Umbilical endometriosis is a fairly rare clinical entity with unclear pathogenesis. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman who presented with a painful umbilical mass and discharge. Imaging performed was inconclusive, and surgical excision of the site with margins revealed endometriosis on micros...

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Autores principales: Krantz, Amanda M, Dave, Atman A, Margolin, Daniel J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
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Medical Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5234860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28097077
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.926
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description Umbilical endometriosis is a fairly rare clinical entity with unclear pathogenesis. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman who presented with a painful umbilical mass and discharge. Imaging performed was inconclusive, and surgical excision of the site with margins revealed endometriosis on microscopic examination. The incidence of umbilical endometriosis, its pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, workup, and management are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-52348602017-01-17 A Case of Umbilical Endometriosis: Villar’s Nodule Krantz, Amanda M Dave, Atman A Margolin, Daniel J Cureus Medical Education Umbilical endometriosis is a fairly rare clinical entity with unclear pathogenesis. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman who presented with a painful umbilical mass and discharge. Imaging performed was inconclusive, and surgical excision of the site with margins revealed endometriosis on microscopic examination. The incidence of umbilical endometriosis, its pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, workup, and management are discussed. Cureus 2016-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5234860/ /pubmed/28097077 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.926 Text en Copyright © 2016, Krantz et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5234860/
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