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Umbilical endometriosis in pregnancy without previous surgery.

Wiegratz I, Kissler S, Engels K, Strey C, Kaufmann M

Division Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. inka.wiegratz@kgu.de

OBJECTIVE: To illustrate the influence of pregnancy on primary umbilical endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Gynecologic endocrinology outpatient department of a university hospital. PATIENT(S): 27-year-old nulliparous woman. INTERVENTION(S): Surgical treatment with total excision of the umbilicus during early pregnancy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Progressive enlargement of endometriotic umbilical lesions during pregnancy. RESULT(S): At 3-month follow-up evaluation, there were no signs of recurrence of the disease. CONCLUSION(S): Spontaneous umbilicus endometriosis is a rare disease that can worsen during pregnancy.

Published 1 July 2008 in Fertil Steril, 90(1): 199.e17-20.
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