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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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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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 |
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Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration |
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Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration |
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Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration |
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Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration |
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Scar endometriosis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration |
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scar endometriosis: diagnosis by fine needle aspiration |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Journal of Cytology |
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0970-9371 |
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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. |
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Abdominal wall endometriosis; FNAC Scar endometriosis |
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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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