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Review
. 2018 Jan 11:29:22.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2018.29.22.14520. eCollection 2018.

Endométriome ombilical: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature: Umbilical endometrioma: a case report and literature review

[Article in French]
Omar Sow  1 , William Valentin  2 , Diouf Cheikh  3 , Barboza Denis  4 , Faye Samba Thiapato  3 , Diallo Ibrahima  3 , Gueye Serigne Modou Kane  2
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Endométriome ombilical: à propos d’un cas et revue de la littérature: Umbilical endometrioma: a case report and literature review

[Article in French]
Omar Sow et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract
in English, French

Endometriosis is defined as the implantation of endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity. It affects approximately 10% of women of childbearing age. Umbilical endometriosis is rare and its pathophysiology is poorly known. We report the case of a 42-year old nulliparous female patient with a 5-year history of myomectomy, presenting with cyclic pain associated with umbilical mass. The diagnosis of umbilical endometrioma was made and confirmed by the histological examination of the surgical specimen. Treatment was based on wide excision of the mass associated with pelvis exploration and umbilical plasty.

L’endométriose se définit comme l’implantation de tissu endométrial en dehors de la cavité utérine. Elle touche environ 10% des femmes en âge de procréer. La localisation ombilicale est rare et la physiopathologie mal connue. Nous rapportons le cas d’une patiente de 42 ans, nulligeste, aux antécédents de myomectomie 5 ans auparavant, qui présentait une douleur cyclique avec une masse ombilicale dont le diagnostic était en faveur d’un endométriome ombilical, confirmée par l’étude histologique de la pièce de biopsie de la masse. Le traitement a consisté à une exérèse large de la masse associée à une exploration du pelvis et une plastie ombilicale.

Keywords: Endometrioma; surgery; umbilical.

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Figure 1
Masse ombilicale et cicatrice de Pfannenstiel
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Pièce opératoire de l’omphalectomie
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