Open AccessScar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration
Author(s) -
Geeta Pachori,
Rashmi Sharma,
Ravi Kant Sunaria,
Tushar Bayla
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.155243
Subject(s) - medicine , endometriosis , scars , abdominal wall , caesarean section , biopsy , hysterectomy , abdominal hysterectomy , uterus , surgery , radiology , gynecology , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of a functioning endometrium outside the uterus. Abdominal wall endometriosis is a rare entity. Most of the abdominal wall endometriosis occurs in or around surgical scars following caesarean section or hysterectomy. We report a case of scar endometriosis following caesarean section and diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Excision biopsy confirmed the FNAC diagnosis of scar endometriosis.