2004
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-4245-6
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Abstract: We report two women who presented with a recurrent, mildly painful, bluish nodule in the umbilicus. Both patients complained of local tenderness and occasional bleeding that increased during menstruation. Neither patient had had previous pelvic surgery. Excision of the lesions revealed a primary umbilical endometriosis; in one case, a simultaneous laparoscopy showed a pelvic endometriosis. We review the current literature and discuss the possible etiopathogenesis and when a laparoscopy is indicated to diagnose… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
4

Citation Types

2
23
0
1

Year Published

2006
2006
2023
2023

Publication Types

Select...
7

Relationship

0
7

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 23 publications
(26 citation statements)
references
References 15 publications
2
23
0
1
Order By: Relevance
“…Two cases underwent repair of the underlying fascia and peritoneum. Our study is comparable to others [1,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] that have show that total excision of the lesion is associated with no recurrence during follow-up. The mean follow-up period for our cases was 36 months.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…Two cases underwent repair of the underlying fascia and peritoneum. Our study is comparable to others [1,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] that have show that total excision of the lesion is associated with no recurrence during follow-up. The mean follow-up period for our cases was 36 months.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…[12] It is characterised by the presence of a pigmented umbilical nodule of variable size, from a few millimetres to a few centimetres, that is associated with cyclical pain or bleeding during or immediately after menstruation (Fig. 1).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Spontaneous umbilical endometriosis was first described by Villar in 1886, and represents about 0.5%-1% of all cases of extragenital endometriosis (4,5). The theory of lymphatic and hematogenous transplantation is favored in the case of umbilical endometriosis with coexisting pelvic endometriosis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…In approximately 12% of the women with diagnosed endometriosis, the lesions are encountered at extrapelvic sites, including intestinal tract, urinary tract, peritoneum, omentum, lung, thoracic cage, surgical scar, and abdominal wall (5,6). Endometriosis involving the abdominal wall is termed cutaneous endometriosis and it is most commonly associated with surgical scars.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the pathogenesis of primary endometriosis remains uncertain. Theories suggested include the implantation of cells through sanguineous or lymphatic spread, or differentiation from coelomic pluripotent cells in the skin 5,14,15 . Bu Umbilical endometriosis is commonly observed in patients of reproductive age.…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%