Extrapelvic endometriosis

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Published: 1997-12-15

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Mejía S., F. J., Abadía G., H. A., Vélez H., A., & Restrepo R., H. D. (1997). Extrapelvic endometriosis. Medicina UPB, 16(2), 149-156. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/4156
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Francisco Javier Mejía S.
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Harry Américo Abadía G.
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Alejandro Vélez H.
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Hernán Darío Restrepo R.
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Abstract

It is a retrospective reviewed o fthe medical records from Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital at Medellín Colombia, where 18 patients were founded with extrapelvic endometriosis between June 1993 and July 1996. All women were premenopausal. Thediagnostic of abdominal Wall mass was, most of the time, the cause for surgery in our patients; sometimes they were founded in scares. Abdominal wall masses, presented with pain, wich sometimes is cyclical and difficult to presurgical diagnostic, could be the symptoms of endometriosis and the managment is by perfoming an adequate excision to prevent recurrence.

Keywords:
Extrapelvic endometriosis, diagnostic, abdominal wall neoplasm, endometriosis and general surgery

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Francisco Javier Mejía S., Pontifical Bolivarian University

Residents of General Surgery of the U.P.B.

Harry Américo Abadía G., Pontifical Bolivarian University

Residents of General Surgery of the U.P.B.

Alejandro Vélez H., Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe

Pathologist at the H.P.T.U.

Hernán Darío Restrepo R., Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe

Surgeon General of the H.P.T.U.

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