Inguinal endometriosis, a rare entity of which surgeons should be aware: clinical aspects and long-term follow-up of nine cases
- 4 August 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Hernia
- Vol. 22 (5), 881-886
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-018-1797-x
Abstract
Inguinal endometriosis is a rare disease and often misdiagnosed for other, more common groin pathology. We present nine cases of women with inguinal endometriosis with long-term follow-up.Keywords
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