[Postoperative abdominal wall endometriosis]

Rev Chir Oncol Radiol O R L Oftalmol Stomatol Chir. 1989 May-Jun;38(3):215-9.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

A case is presented, of endometriosis of the abdominal parietal scar after cesarean section, in a woman aged 35 years where emergency surgery had to be performed for a diagnosis of epiploic strangulation in an eventration point. The mechanisms involved in the development of endometriosis are discussed, as well as anatomopathologic, clinical and therapeutic aspects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Muscles
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Adult
  • Cesarean Section
  • Cicatrix / complications
  • Cicatrix / pathology
  • Emergencies
  • Endometriosis / diagnosis
  • Endometriosis / etiology*
  • Endometriosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Hernia, Ventral / diagnosis
  • Hernia, Ventral / etiology
  • Hernia, Ventral / pathology
  • Humans
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology
  • Pregnancy