Kalfoutzou Areti, Restemi Asimina, Mylonakis Adam, Papadimitropoulos Konstantinos, Matsaridis Dimitrios, Peraki Andria, Tsantopoulos Margaritis, Chaleplidis Nikolaos
Department of Medical Oncology, 251 Air Force General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Department of Pathology, 251 Air Force General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Cureus. 2024 Mar 3;16(3):e55462. doi: 10.7759/cureus.55462. eCollection 2024 Mar.
Endometriosis involves the growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, with its manifestation in the rectus abdominis muscle being exceptionally rare and primarily observed in women with a history of abdominal surgeries. In this report, we present the case of a 42-year-old female with a medical history of two cesarean sections who presented with cyclical abdominal pain and a palpable mass in the right lower quadrant. An MRI scan of the pelvis revealed a lesion on the right lower quadrant of the abdominal wall, proximate to the previous Pfannenstiel incision. A percutaneous US-guided biopsy of the abdominal lesion was performed, and histopathology demonstrated the presence of endometrial glands and stroma, confirming the diagnosis of rectus abdominis endometriosis. She was submitted to a local wide excision with adequate margins of normal surrounding tissue and has remained free of recurrence for two years.
子宫内膜异位症是指子宫腔外出现类似子宫内膜的组织生长,其在腹直肌中的表现极为罕见,主要见于有腹部手术史的女性。在本报告中,我们介绍了一名42岁女性的病例,她有两次剖宫产病史,出现周期性腹痛,右下腹可触及肿块。骨盆的MRI扫描显示腹壁右下腹有一个病变,靠近之前的耻骨上横切口。对腹部病变进行了经皮超声引导下活检,组织病理学显示存在子宫内膜腺体和间质,确诊为腹直肌子宫内膜异位症。她接受了局部广泛切除,切除边缘有足够的正常周围组织,并且已保持两年无复发。