Spontaneous endometriosis of the abdominal wall

Dig Surg. 2003;20(3):246-8. doi: 10.1159/000070392.

Abstract

Background: The abdominal wall is the commonest site of extrapelvic endometriosis, which usually develops in association with a prior surgical scar.

Case: A 28-year-old woman with two endometriomas in the recti abdominis, which developed in a scarless abdomen.

Conclusions: Abdominal wall endometrioma can develop spontaneously in the absence of prior surgical scar and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal wall masses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Wall*
  • Adult
  • Endometriosis / diagnosis*
  • Endometriosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging