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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2021

Abdominal wall endometriosis: a case report.

Stefanos K Stefanou, Kostas Tepelenis, Christos K Stefanou, George Gogos-Pappas, Christos Tsalikidis, Konstantinos Vlachos

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stefanos K StefanouDepartment of Surgery, General Hospital of Ioannina, G. Chatzikosta, Ioannina, Greece.
Kostas TepelenisDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Christos K StefanouDepartment of Surgery, General Hospital of Ioannina, G. Chatzikosta, Ioannina, Greece.
George Gogos-PappasDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Christos TsalikidisSecond Department of Surgery, University General Hospital of Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
Konstantinos VlachosDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
University Hospital of Ioannina · GRGeneral Hospital of Ioannina G. Hatzikosta · GRUniversity Hospital of Alexandroupolis · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abdominal wall endometriosis has an incidence of 0.3-1% of extrapelvic disease. Α 48-year-old female appeared in the emergency department with cellulitis in a lower midline incision. She had an endometrioma of the anterior abdominal wall removed 2 years ago. After 5 months, she underwent an open repair of an incisional hernia with a propylene mesh, which was unfortunately infected and removed 1 month later. Finally, in July 2019, she had her incisional hernia repaired with a biological mesh. Imaging modalities revealed a large mass below the umbilicus. Mass was punctured under ultrasound guidance. Cytology reported the recurrence of endometriosis. Pain and abdominal mass associating with menses were the two most typical symptoms. Wide local excision of the mass with at least 1 cm negative margins is the preferred treatment. Surgeons should maintain a high suspicion of the disease in reproductive women with circular pain, palpable abdominal mass and history of uterine-relating surgery.

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abdominal wallendometriomaendometriosisfine-needle biopsyultrasound

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PMID33854758
PMCPMC8024042
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