Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration

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 fol...

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Main Authors: Geeta Pachori, Rashmi Sharma, Ravi Kant Sunaria, Tushar Bayla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
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Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2015;volume=32;issue=1;spage=65;epage=67;aulast=Pachori
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spelling doaj-840be70d24854dfba5fd823d855c1ec82020-11-25T00:57:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Cytology0970-93712015-01-01321656710.4103/0970-9371.155243Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspirationGeeta PachoriRashmi SharmaRavi Kant SunariaTushar BaylaEndometriosis 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.http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2015;volume=32;issue=1;spage=65;epage=67;aulast=PachoriAbdominal wall endometriosis; FNACScar endometriosis
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author Geeta Pachori
Rashmi Sharma
Ravi Kant Sunaria
Tushar Bayla
spellingShingle Geeta Pachori
Rashmi Sharma
Ravi Kant Sunaria
Tushar Bayla
Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration
Journal of Cytology
Abdominal wall endometriosis; FNAC
Scar endometriosis
author_facet Geeta Pachori
Rashmi Sharma
Ravi Kant Sunaria
Tushar Bayla
author_sort Geeta Pachori
title Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration
title_short Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration
title_full Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration
title_fullStr Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration
title_full_unstemmed Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration
title_sort scar endometriosis: diagnosis by fine needle aspiration
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Cytology
issn 0970-9371
publishDate 2015-01-01
description 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.
topic Abdominal wall endometriosis; FNAC
Scar endometriosis
url http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2015;volume=32;issue=1;spage=65;epage=67;aulast=Pachori
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