Diaphragmatic endometriosis: diagnosis and surgical management--a case report
A M Wolthuis1, C Aelvoet, J Bosteels
1Departments of General Surgery and Traumatology, A.Z. Imelda, Bonheiden, Belgium.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica
|December 5, 2003
Abstract:
Endometriosis has been observed in 8 to 15% of the women of reproductive age. Occasionally it can be found outside the pelvis, its usual location. Rather exceptionally it is located on the diaphragm. A case report of preoperatively diagnosed bilateral diaphragmatic endometriosis is presented and its surgical treatment will be discussed.