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Volume 91, Issue 6 , Pages 730-745 , June 2010

Abdominal Wall Endometrioma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging scan showing a mass of approximately 5 cm in the abdominus muscle (marked by an ellipse).

Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging scan showing a mass of approximately 5 cm in the abdominus muscle (marked by an ellipse).
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The mass after surgical resection (whitish mass in the center, surrounded by a reddish rim of normal adjacent tissue).

The mass after surgical resection (whitish mass in the center, surrounded by a reddish rim of normal adjacent tissue).
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Multiple endometrial glands with surrounding endometrial stroma (hematoxylin-eosin stain, magnification ×400).

Multiple endometrial glands with surrounding endometrial stroma (hematoxylin-eosin stain, magnification ×400).
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Endometrial gland with cystic dilatation (hematoxylin-eosin stain, magnification ×400).

Endometrial gland with cystic dilatation (hematoxylin-eosin stain, magnification ×400).
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