“…Reconstruction of the abdominal wall is often necessary and may require the use of a mesh graft. Typically, patients recover uneventfully, remain asymptomatic and are pleased with the results 14 . Similarly, in the present series, patients showed 100% recovery after surgical treatment without relapse of symptoms during follow‐up to date.…”
Abdominal wall endometriosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of masses located at cesarean section incision scars, which should be excised for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
“…Reconstruction of the abdominal wall is often necessary and may require the use of a mesh graft. Typically, patients recover uneventfully, remain asymptomatic and are pleased with the results 14 . Similarly, in the present series, patients showed 100% recovery after surgical treatment without relapse of symptoms during follow‐up to date.…”
Abdominal wall endometriosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of masses located at cesarean section incision scars, which should be excised for definitive diagnosis and treatment.
Background: Abdominal wall endometriosis is a rare condition occurring after caesarean section. A small painful nodule or lump near post caesarean scar is the common presentation. Large size endometrial nodules in anterior abdominal wall are uncommon and bleeding is very rare complication.
“…In such cases diagnosis is possible only clinically and not histopathologically. 10 Modalities of treatment available for scar endometriosis and spontaneous abdominal wall endometriosis are medical and surgical therapy. Medical therapy combined with oral contraceptives, danazol and gonadotrophin releasing hormones analogues results only in partial recovery and recurrences occurs as soon as treatment stops.…”
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