Cicatrix endometriosis of the abdominal wall
Elabsi, M.; Lahlou, M.K.; Rouas, L.; Essadel, H.; Benamer, S.; Mohammadine, A.; Taghi, A.; Chad, B.; Zizi, A.; Chokoff, L.; Belmahi, A.
Annales de Chirurgie 127(1): 65-67
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3944 PMID: 11833311 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3944(01)00665-4Document Number: 243244
Endometriosis is a rare entity, related after operation on the uterus or uterine tubes or a laparotomy procedures or other extrapelvic procedures, when seeding of endometrial fragments were shed into the peritoneal cavity. We report the case of a menopaused woman with a subcutaneous incisional scar mass that appeared 22 years after a caesarean section. The diagnosis was made by histological examination.