MAKE A MEME View Large Image Endometriosis, abdominal wall.jpg This obese woman in her thirties complained of an abdominal mass that her primary care doctor thought was an abscess She was referred to a general surgeon for incision and drainage The surgeon ruled out ...
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Keywords: Endometriosis, abdominal wall.jpg This obese woman in her thirties complained of an abdominal mass that her primary care doctor thought was an abscess She was referred to a general surgeon for incision and drainage The surgeon ruled out abscess by noting a three-month history of the complaint abscesses are more acute processes and by aspirating blood rather than pus from the lesion As this was such a large and bothersome mass the skin was about to break down over it that the doctor decided to remove it surgically The specimen was a bloc of adipose tissue with a small ellipse of skin over it The skin showed a scar from a previous Caesarian section interrupted by a blood-filled cyst resembling a bleb but slightly deeper This was just the tip of the iceberg as section of the subcutaneous tissue revealed a complex network of white fibrous bands interrupted by blood-filled cysts and patchy areas of interstitial hemorrhage The photo above shows a central slice through the specimen with the small skin ellipse at top center This slab measures 12 x 9 5 cm Photograph by Ed Uthman MD Public domain Posted 22 May 04 http //web2 airmail net/uthman/specimens/index html PD Ed Uthman Gross pathology Endometriosis
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