The Anterior Abdominal Wall Lesion - a diagnostic enigma
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https://doi.org/10.15713/ins.bhj.156Keywords:
endometriosis, abdominal wall endometriosis, caesarean scar endometriosisAbstract
35 y/o female came with complaints of pain in abdomen since 2 months and small swelling in the infraumbilical region increasing in size gradually over past 2 months. Pain was neither cyclical nor had any aggravating or relieving factors.Conservative management was tried without any relief. USG guided FNAC s/o paucicellular smears with occasional epithelial clusters ? Endometriosis ? Adenocarcinoma
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