Spontaneous cutaneous umbilical endometriosis: Report of a new case with immunohistochemical study and literature review
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This paper reports a case of spontaneous umbilical endometriosis, a rare condition where endometrial tissue grows on the skin, and reviews its clinical and pathological characteristics.
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Endometriosis (i.e., the presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity) may rarely affect the skin either spontaneously or secondary to abdomino-pelvic surgery. Spontaneous cutaneous endometriosis appears most commonly on the umbilicus (Villar nodule) and manifests with a red-brown nodule that characteristically shows cyclic variations (tenderness or bleeding) with the menstrual cycle. We present herein a new case of spontaneous cutaneous endometriosis of the umbilicus that was studied immunohistochemically and review the salient clinicopathologic features of this rare condition.
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