Primary umbilical endometriosis - A rare variant of cutaneous endometriosis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 164-165

  Hussain, Munawar ^a   Noorani, Khursheed ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous endometriosis; Laparoscopy; Primary umbilical endometriosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAIN; PELVIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTATION; PRIMARY UMBILICAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; SKIN ENDOMETRIOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DISEASES; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0038408690     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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