Case Reports in Dermatology (Dec 2013)

Spontaneous Cutaneous Endometriosis of the Umbilicus

  • Thomas J. Gin,
  • Alexander D. Gin,
  • Douglas Gin,
  • Alan Pham,
  • Jennifer Cahill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000357493
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 3
pp. 368 – 372

Abstract

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Cutaneous endometriosis that arises de novo, without a prior history of surgery, is a rare phenomenon. The clinical diagnosis of cutaneous endometriosis remains challenging due to the variable clinical appearance and symptoms of the condition, and therefore must be considered in the differential diagnosis of any umbilical lesion. We report a 31-year-old woman who presented with spontaneous cutaneous endometriosis of the umbilicus.

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