Akhtar Haseeb Yasmeen
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Pan Afr Med J. 2019 Nov 25;34:159. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.159.19193. eCollection 2019.
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue at the sites other than the uterine lining and responds to the cyclical ovarian hormonal activity. It is a multidimensional and a complex disease which has an impact on physical, mental, sexual, and social aspects of the life of a woman. Here is a case report of a patient, presented to the department with pain and swelling in her left side of the previous cesarean scar. It was surgically removed and was diagnosed to be an endometrioma of rectus sheath and rectus abdominis muscle on histopathology.
子宫内膜异位症的定义为子宫内膜组织出现在子宫 lining 以外的部位,并对卵巢周期性激素活动产生反应。它是一种多维度且复杂的疾病,会对女性生活的身体、心理、性和社会方面产生影响。以下是一例患者的病例报告,该患者因前次剖宫产瘢痕左侧疼痛和肿胀前来就诊。手术切除后,经组织病理学诊断为腹直肌鞘和腹直肌子宫内膜异位囊肿。