Subcutaneous Endometriosis; An Unusual Cause Of Abdominal Pain: Case Reports.

A.R.K. Adesunkanmi, E.A.T. Adeniyi, +K.A. Adelusola

SUMMARY

Two women with on and off abdominal pain are being reported. Both women were in active reproductive and menstrual ages. They presented with lower abdominal pain and anterior abdominal wall nodules. The excision of the nodules led to disappearance of abdominal pain. Histology of the specimens were reported as containing endometrial stroma in keeping with endometriosis. Niger Med. J. Vol. 45 No 1 January - March 2004: 22.

KEY WORDS: Endometriosis, Subcutaneous nodule, Abdominal pain.