Unusual endometriosis mimicking disseminated cancer after hysterectomy in a young woman

Catarina Reis‐de‐Carvalho, Castro C, Catarina Castro, Filipa Osório
BMJ case reports · 2021 · vol. 14(1) , pp. e241002 · doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-241002 · PMID:33462071 · PMC7813293 · W3123325355
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This paper reports on a young woman with a history of endometriosis who presented with symptoms and an intra-abdominal mass mimicking disseminated cancer after a hysterectomy.

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A 31-year-old woman with a recent onset of abdominal pain with lumbar irradiation and nausea was admitted to our center because of the finding of a suspicious intra-abdominal mass. The patient had a previous diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis since 2009. She was followed in another

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endometriosisdie_deep_infiltrating

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Abdominal Neoplasms Endometriosis Endometriosis Hysterectomy Hysterectomy Abdominal Neoplasms Abdominal Neoplasms Adult Adult Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Humans Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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