Background: Endometriosis is dened as a chronic, oestrogen- dependent, benign inammatory disease characterized by growth of endometrial glands and/ or stroma outside the uterine cavity. 25% of women affected with endometriosis are asymptomatic, other may present with symptoms like chronic pelvic or abdominal pain and/ or infertility. Common sites or ectopic locations include primarily the pelvic peritoneum, ovaries and rectovaginal septum. We are presenting a case of 30-year-old Indian women with com Case: plains of pain in abdomen and a palpable mass in the anterior abdominal wall in right iliac fossa. Computed Tomography (CT) abdomen and pelvis (Plain and contrast) showed large well dened abnormal soft tissue density mass lesion with inhomogeneous enhancement on contrast – Favouring: ? Infective ? Neoplastic etiology. Result: Excision was done and tissue was sent for histopathology. Histopathological diagnosis was made as Endometriosis. Keeping this case Conclusion: in mind, for patients with subcutaneous mass in anterior abdominal wall and complains of abdominal pain, endometriosis should always be kept as a differential diagnosis. Histopathology stands as a gold standard for the diagnosis as CT (Plain and contrast) is insufcient in the denitive diagnosis of such lesions.
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