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| LMDDx      = [[adenocarcinoma]], [[endosalpingiosis]]
| LMDDx      = [[adenocarcinoma]], [[endosalpingiosis]]
| Stains    =
| Stains    =
| IHC        = CD10 +ve (stroma)
| IHC        = CK7 +ve, ER +ve, [[CD10]] +ve (stroma), CK20 -ve, CDX2 -ve
| EM        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| Molecular  =
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| Clinicalhx =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  = pelvic pain
| Symptoms  = +/-pelvic pain, +/-deep dyspareunia
| Prevalence = common
| Prevalence = common
| Bloodwork  = CA-125 mildly elevated
| Bloodwork  = [[CA-125]] mildly elevated
| Rads      =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Endoscopy  =
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===Clinical===
===Clinical===
*A significant cause of infertility.
*Associated with infertility.
*A cause of pelvic pain.
*Pelvic pain.
*Deep dyspareunia.
*Affects approximately 10% of women of child bearing age.
*Affects approximately 10% of women of child bearing age.
*Associated with moderate elevation of (serum) CA-125.
*Associated with moderate elevation of (serum) CA-125.
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*Endometriosis can appear almost any where.
*Endometriosis can appear almost any where.
**A well-reported uncommon location is the abdominal wall post-caesarian section.<ref name=pmid22381104>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ozel | first1 = L. | last2 = Sagiroglu | first2 = J. | last3 = Unal | first3 = A. | last4 = Unal | first4 = E. | last5 = Gunes | first5 = P. | last6 = Baskent | first6 = E. | last7 = Aka | first7 = N. | last8 = Titiz | first8 = MI. | last9 = Tufekci | first9 = EC. | title = Abdominal wall endometriosis in the cesarean section surgical scar: a potential diagnostic pitfall. | journal = J Obstet Gynaecol Res | volume = 38 | issue = 3 | pages = 526-30 | month = Mar | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01739.x | PMID = 22381104 }}</ref>
**A well-reported uncommon location is the abdominal wall post-caesarian section.<ref name=pmid22381104>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ozel | first1 = L. | last2 = Sagiroglu | first2 = J. | last3 = Unal | first3 = A. | last4 = Unal | first4 = E. | last5 = Gunes | first5 = P. | last6 = Baskent | first6 = E. | last7 = Aka | first7 = N. | last8 = Titiz | first8 = MI. | last9 = Tufekci | first9 = EC. | title = Abdominal wall endometriosis in the cesarean section surgical scar: a potential diagnostic pitfall. | journal = J Obstet Gynaecol Res | volume = 38 | issue = 3 | pages = 526-30 | month = Mar | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01739.x | PMID = 22381104 }}</ref>
===Images===
<gallery>
Image: Endometriosis,_abdominal_wall.jpg |Endometriosis in C-section scar at cut-up. (Ed Uthman/WC)
</gallery>


==Microscopic==  
==Microscopic==  
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DDx:
DDx:
*[[Adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Adenocarcinoma]] - especially colorectal adenocarcinoma.
*[[Endosalpingiosis]] - does not have stromal component.
*[[Endosalpingiosis]] - does not have stromal component.
**In the GI tract, it classically expands the muscularis propria.
**In the GI tract, it classically expands the muscularis propria.
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==Immunohistochemical stains==
==Immunohistochemical stains==
*CD10 +ve -- [[stains]] the stromal cells.<ref name=Ref_DCHH236>{{Ref DCHH|236}}</ref>
Features:<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Jiang W, Roma AA, Lai K, Carver P, Xiao SY, Liu X |title=Endometriosis involving the mucosa of the intestinal tract: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases |journal=Mod Pathol |volume=26 |issue=9 |pages=1270–8 |date=September 2013 |pmid=23579618 |doi=10.1038/modpathol.2013.51 |url=}}</ref>
*ER +ve -- stains the epithelium.
*ER +ve
*CK7 +ve -- stains the epithelium.
**Stains the epithelium.
*CK20 -ve -- used to exclude [[colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
*[[CK7]] +ve  
**Stains the epithelium.
*[[CK20]] -ve
**Used to exclude [[colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
*CDX2 -ve.
**Used to exclude [[colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
*[[CD10]] +ve
**Marks the stromal cells.<ref name=Ref_DCHH236>{{Ref DCHH|236}}</ref>


==Sign out==
==Sign out==
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CYST WALL, OVARY LEFT, CYSTECTOMY:
CYST WALL, OVARY LEFT, CYSTECTOMY:
- ENDOMETRIOSIS.
- ENDOMETRIOSIS.
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<pre>
CUL-DE-SAC, BIOPSY:
- ENDOMETRIOSIS.
COMMENT:
A CD10 immunostain marks the endometrial-type stroma and confirms the presence of
endometriosis.
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- RIGHT AND LEFT OVARIES WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS.
- RIGHT AND LEFT OVARIES WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS.
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</pre>
===Soft tissue abdominal wall mass===
<pre>
MASS, RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN, EXCISION:
- ENDOMETRIOMA.
- SCAR.
COMMENT:
Immunostains confirm the presence of endometriosis (glandular component ER positive,
endometrial-like stroma CD10 positive).
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===Micro===
The sections show soft tissue with endometrial-type glands surrounded by endometrial-type
stroma. Siderophages are present. No nuclear atypia is identified. Mitotic activity is not
apparent.


==See also==
==See also==
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