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A Case of Endometriosis in the Abdominal Wall Post Caesarean Section
Department of General and Vascular Surgery, St Clair Medical Center, Trinidad and Tobago
Department of General and Vascular Surgery, St Clair Medical Center, Trinidad and Tobago
- 1 Department of General and Vascular Surgery, St Clair Medical Center, Trinidad and Tobago
- 2 Department of General and Vascular Surgery, St Clair Medical Center, Trinidad and Tobago
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Abstract
We report the case of a 33 year old female who presented with endometriosis of the anterior abdominal wall following Caesarean Section at the surgical incision site. Abdominal Incisional Site Endometriosis can pose a diagnostic dilema owing to its relative rarity and vagueosity of symptoms, vis-a-vis, cyclical abdominal pain and occasional palpable mass associated with menstruation. A greater index of suspicion should be prompted in such patients especially if symptoms occur following pelvic surgery such as Caesarean Sections, hysterotomy, and myomectomy.
KeywordsAISE-AbdominalIncisionSiteEndometrioma
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