Infected Endometrioma of the Abdominal Wall: A Rare Cause of Cellulitis

w?>A 45-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 2-0-1-2, with 2 previous cesarean sections and a total laparoscopic hysterectomy for endometriosis, presented to the hospital with severe focal abdominal pain, fever, and skin erythema. She had 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 5 days before presentation. On examination, she had an 8-cm tender subcutaneous nodule and a 10.0  × 20.0-cm area of induration, erythema, and tenderness consistent with cellulitis (Figs.
Source: The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Images in Gynecologic Surgery Source Type: research