Computed tomography-guided preoperative localization of abdominal wall endometrioma

Janelle K Moulder; Kumari A Hobbs; Joseph Stavas; Matthew T Siedhoff

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2014.09.006

Computed tomography-guided preoperative localization of abdominal wall endometrioma

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Feb;212(2):248.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.09.006. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

Authors

Janelle K Moulder¹, Kumari A Hobbs², Joseph Stavas³, Matthew T Siedhoff²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Electronic address: janelle_moulder@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
³ Department of Radiology, Division of Vascular Interventional Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

PMID: 25218124
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.09.006

Abstract

A multiparous obese patient with prior abdominal surgeries complained of cyclic abdominal pain located near the surgical scar. A 1 cm lesion was identified on imaging. Computed tomography-guided needle localization was performed immediately before surgery. This allowed for complete excision of the abdominal wall endometrioma and resolution of the cyclic, focal abdominal pain.

Keywords: abdominal wall endometrioma; computed tomography–guided needle localization.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Wall* / surgery
Adult
Endometriosis / diagnostic imaging*
Endometriosis / surgery
Female
Humans
Surgery, Computer-Assisted
Tomography, X-Ray Computed