Umbilical endometriosis without previous pelvic surgery: a case report

A 27-year-old woman with a periodically bleeding out of the umbilicus was found to have umbilical endometriosis. She was never pregnant before and had no pelvic surgery. The umbilical lesion was excised following a diagnostic laparoscopy revealing extragenital endometriosis. Umbilical endometriosis...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inArchives of gynecology and obstetrics Vol. 267; no. 4; pp. 258 - 260
Main Authors Zollner, Ursula, Girschick, Gundula, Steck, Thomas, Dietl, Johannes
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.02.2003
Subjects
Adult
Case reports
Diagnosis, Differential
Endometriosis
Endometriosis - diagnosis
Endometriosis - pathology
Endometriosis - surgery
Female
Humans
Umbilicus
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:A 27-year-old woman with a periodically bleeding out of the umbilicus was found to have umbilical endometriosis. She was never pregnant before and had no pelvic surgery. The umbilical lesion was excised following a diagnostic laparoscopy revealing extragenital endometriosis. Umbilical endometriosis is a very rare disease, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of umbilical lesions.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Case Study-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-4
content type line 23
ObjectType-Report-1
ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:0932-0067
1432-0711
DOI:10.1007/s00404-002-0438-9