Open AccessScar endometriosis
Author(s) -
Zaheer Abbas Ali Khan Pathan,
US Dinesh,
Ravikala Rao
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0970-9371.71877
Subject(s) - medicine , endometriosis , laparotomy , scars , adenomyosis , abdominal wall , ectopic pregnancy , surgery , biopsy , uterus , hysterectomy , gynecology , pregnancy , radiology , biology , genetics
Endometriosis is the presence of functioning endometrium outside the uterus. Endometriosis rarely occurs in the abdominal wall. Majority of abdominal wall endometriosis occur in or adjacent to surgical scars, following caesarean section or hysterectomy. Laparotomy scar endometriosis following salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy has rarely been reported. We report a case of scar endometriosis following laparotomy for chronic ectopic, and diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Excision biopsy confirmed the FNAC diagnosis of scar endometriosis.