Spontaneous endometriosis in an umbilical skin lesion

Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 126-130

  Chatzikokkinou, Paraskevi ^a   Thorfinn, Johan ^b   Angelidis, Ioannis K ^c   Papa, Giovanni ^d   Trevisan, Giusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Macroscopic appearance; Pathogenesis; Surgical excision; Umbilical endometriosis; Umbilical tumor; Villar's nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; UMBILICAL SKIN ENDOMETRIOSIS;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES; UMBILICUS;

EID: 70350172926     PISSN: 13184458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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