Endometriosis in the retus abdominis muscle; A case presentation

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Endometriosis defined as ectopic endometrial tissue existence. Mostly endometriosis localized to the pelvic region, however kidneys, surrenal glands, eye ball, lungs, umbilicus, central nervous system, diaphragm, gallbladder, hearth, bones, liver, biceps muscles, periferal nerves and skin could be possible suspicios sites for the developing endometriosis among the reproductive aged women. Abdominal wall endometriosis usually occurs after an abdominal surgical procedures. A 37 years old endometriosis case that its placed in the rectus abdominis muscle was presented in this text.

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Rektus kası endometriozisi; Bir olgu sunumu

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Endometriozis endometriyal dokunun endometriyal kavite dışında gelişmesi olarak tanımlanır. Her nekadar yerleşim yeri pelvik bölge olarak sınırlanmış olsada sıklıkla üreme çağındaki kadınlarda gözde, böbreklerde, böbreküstü bezlerde, akciğerde, umbilikusda, merkezi sinir sisteminde, diyaframda, safra kesesinde, kalpde, karaciğerde, biseps kasında, kemikte, periferik sinirlerde ve ciltte de bulunabilir. Abdominal duvarda gelişen ektopik endometriosiz odakları genellikle jinekolojik cerrahi girişimler sırasında endometriyal hücrelerin karın ön duvarına implantasyonuyla oluşur. Biz burada sezaryenden 2 yıl sonra rektus kasında endometriyosiz gelişmiş 37 yaşında bir vakayı sunduk.

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