ArticleSurgery today2014
Surgical scar endometriosis.
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- Safety and efficacy of cryoablation of soft-tissue tumours: a systematic review.The British journal of radiology · 2025Pooled it
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Vulvo-Perineal Endometriosis: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Interventional Radiology Treatments to Address Chronic Pelvic Pain in Females.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2025Review
- Brown Umbilical Nodule: A Case of Primary Cutaneous Endometriosis.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2025Article
- Percutaneous cryoablation in soft tissue tumor management: an educational review.Insights into imaging · 2024Article
- Abdominal Wall Endometriosis: A Case Report and Literature Review of Pfannenstiel Incision Endometrioma.Cureus · 2024Article
- Abdominal wall sonography: a pictorial review.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Review
- Focused ultrasound for the diagnosis of non-palpable endometriotic lesions of the abdominal wall: a not-uncommon surgical complication.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Article
- Catamenial Rectus Abdominis Pain Associated with Scar Endometriosis Status-post Low Transverse Cesarean Section.Cureus · 2018Article
- Cesarean Scar Endometriosis: An Uncommon Surgical Complication on the Rise? Case Report and Literature Review.Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology · 2017Article
- Surgical scar endometriosis: a series of 14 patients and brief review of literature.Clujul medical (1957) · 2017Article
- Scar endometriosis: A series of 3 cases.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2016Article
- [In Process Citation].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2015Article
- A Surgeon's Perspective of Abdominal Wall Endometriosis at a Caesarean Section Incision: Nine Cases in a Single Institution.Surgery research and practice · 2014Article
- Use of radioguided surgery in abdominal wall endometriosis: An innovative approach.World journal of nuclear medicineArticle
- Scar Endometriosis Presenting as a Painful Abdominal Mass.Gynecology and minimally invasive therapyArticle
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Abstract
Endometriosis is a common disorder in females of reproductive age. Surgical scar endometrioma after cesarean section develops in 1-2% of patients, and usually presents as a tender and painful abdominal wall mass. The diagnosis is suggested by pre or perimenstrual pelvic pain and is often established only by histology. In this retrospective observational cohort study, we reviewed the medical records of five patients with a histopathological diagnosis of scar endometriosis. A scar mass was found on a previous Pfannenstiel incision in four patients and in a median cesarean section in one patient. The mean age at diagnosis (38.6 years, median 38) was older than reported elsewhere. A histological examination of the surgical specimen confirmed the diagnosis of endometriosis in all cases. During the follow-up period (mean 34.6 months), local recurrence (n = 1) and pelvic recurrence (n = 1) were treated surgically. Surgery is the treatment of choice for surgical scar endometriosis. Excision with histologically proven free surgical margins of 1 cm is mandatory to prevent recurrence. As scar endometriosis may be associated with pelvic localization, explorative abdominal laparoscopy may be indicated to exclude the intraperitoneal spread of the disease in symptomatic patients.
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