title: Spontaneous endometriosis of the abdominal wall.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The abdominal wall is the commonest site of extrapelvic endometriosis, which usually develops in association with a prior surgical scar.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 28-year-old woman with two endometriomas in the recti abdominis, which developed in a scarless abdomen.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Abdominal wall endometrioma can develop spontaneously in the absence of prior surgical scar and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal wall masses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Steve C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Ideyi
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schein
authors.forename: Massoma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niazi
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gerst
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall; D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging