title: Case report: Endometrioma of the abdominal wall.
abstract: We present the case of a 39-year-old woman with a 2- to 3-month history of a soft tissue mass involving the abdominal wall and increasing symptoms that fluctuated relative to her menses. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a hemorrhagic multiloculated mass within the rectus abdominus muscle. Correlation of the clinical history and imaging finding suggested a preoperative diagnosis of endometrioma of the abdominal wall. This was confirmed on histologic analysis of the resected specimen.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Augusta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Tamara N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Huff
authors.forename: Xochiquetzal J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: Gavan P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: Mary I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome