title: Unexpected encounter with painless endometriosis during abdominoplasty.
abstract: Subcutaneous endometriomas are cystic lesions that are rarely described. During the course of abdominoplasty surgery, a "surprise" encounter with a cyst containing brown material brought up the possibility that an atypical incarcerated hernia was entered. Dissection revealed no connection between the cyst and the rectus fascia and subsequent pathologic evaluation revealed an endometrioma. This report describes the unusual encounter with a painless endometrioma during abdominoplasty.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. dr.perry@perryplasticsurgery.com
authors.forename: Arthur W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Brenon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abernathie
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barnard
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bagner
mesh_terms: D061645:Abdominoplasty; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue