Infected endometrioma of the abdominal wall: a rare cause of cellulitis.

A 45-year-old G3P2012 with two prior cesarean sections and a total laparoscopic hysterectomy for endometriosis, presents to the hospital with severe focal abdominal pain, fevers, and skin erythema. She has a known history of abdominal wall endometriosis treated with norethindrone and declined excision of the abdominal wall endometrioma at the time of her hysterectomy. She discontinued her norethindrone five days prior to presentation. On exam she had an 8 cm tender subcutaneous nodule and a 10.0  × 20.0 cm area of induration, erythema, and tenderness consistent with cellulitis (Figure 1, 2).
Source: The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: IMAGES IN Gynecological Surgery Source Type: research