title: Endometriotic umbilical port site metastasis after laparoscopy.
abstract: We present the case of a 40-year-old woman who had been previously operated for endometrioma 2 years ago by laparoscopy, with the complaint of an umbilical mass with cyclical pain pattern. The dark-colored mass was excised and pathology report revealed it to be an endometriotic implant.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. umutbarbaros@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Umut
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Barbaros
authors.forename: Ahmet Cem
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Iyibozkurt
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulluoglu
authors.forename: Merve
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbaros
authors.forename: Yesim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.forename: Vahit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tunali
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mercan
mesh_terms: D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D014472:Umbilicus