title: [Diagnostic difficulty of abdominal wall endometrioma: clinical case and literature review].
abstract: Abdominal wall endometrioma is a rare clinical condition with which the general surgeon is faced and usually presents a diagnostic challenge due to the similar signs and symptoms that this illness shares with other tumors of the abdominal wall. A clinical case which exemplifies this diagnostic challenge is presented, and a review is made about the physiopathology, diagnosis and treatment of abdominal wall endometriomas, emphasizing on the different diagnoses with which it can be confused.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Angeles Lomas. Vialidad de la Barranca s/n, C410, Valle de las Palmas, CP 52763, Huixquilucan, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. denzilgarteiz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Denzil Garteiz
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Rafael Carbo
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Alejandro Weber
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Lourdes Molinar
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Horcasitas
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence