An unusual presentation of endometriosis

An unusual presentation of endometriosis

A 25-year-old nulliparous woman attended an orthopaedic clinic with a 12-month history of right hip pain and was found to have a hard tender mass in her right groin. Fine-needle aspiration yielded a diagnosis of endometrial glands. The lesion was excised completely and the final diagnosis was round...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ Case Reports 2014, Vol.2014
Hauptverfasser: Abu Saadeh, Feras, Wahab, Nor Azei, Gleeson, Noreen
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A 25-year-old nulliparous woman attended an orthopaedic clinic with a 12-month history of right hip pain and was found to have a hard tender mass in her right groin. Fine-needle aspiration yielded a diagnosis of endometrial glands. The lesion was excised completely and the final diagnosis was round ligament endometriosis. The patient was pain free 3 months postsurgery.
ISSN:1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2014-204270