BACKGROUND Surgical site infections are potential complications following open myomectomy. These infections usually develop immediately after the surgery, and are most often located in the myometrium. Pyogenic cervical cysts are rare and have not been previously reported to occur at the site of myomectomy. CASE PRESENTATION A 41-year-old nulligravida Japanese woman was referred to our hospita...

Endometrial tissue localized outside the uterine cavity is defined as endometriosis. It commonly has been demonstrated in the ovaries, peritoneal surfaces, vagina, scar tissues, cervix, fallopian tubes, rectum, urinary tract, pouch of Douglas and possibly any organ in the abdomen15. The estimated prevalence reported in literature ranges from 8-15%5,9. Extra-pelvic localization of endometriomas ...

Background: Abdominal wall endometriosis has been well-described and can occur after caesarean section. However, malignant transformation of abdominal wall endometriosis is rare, less than 40 cases have been reported so far and its pathogenesis is still poorly understood. Case report: Here, we report a 48-year-old woman, gravida 1, para 1, with a history of uneventful caesarean delivery present...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a disorder in which an ectopic endometrial tissue grows outside the uterine cavity. The ectopic endometrium embedded in the subcutaneous fatty layer and the muscles of abdominal wall is called as abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). AWE is a rare condition; however, it is usually known to develop along with previous surgical scars. Caesarean section and hysterectomy a...

The malignant transformation of abdominal wall endometriosis is a rare event and poorly understood. Less than 30 cases have been reported in the literature. Most of the reported cases have a solitary tumor in the abdominal scar. A few cases have metastasis. Here we report a case of clear cell carcinoma in abdominal wall endometriosis with bladder and lymph system metastasis. The patient had a h...