ABDOMINAL-WALL ENDOMETRIOMA IN A LAPAROSCOPIC TROCAR TRACT - A CASE-REPORT

Extrapelvic endometriosis often presents as an atypical, painful abdom inal mass often referred to the surgeon for diagnosis and treatment. T he majority of extrapelvic endometriosis is found in surgical scars. W e present a patient with an abdominal wall endometrioma that occurred in a laparoscopy trocar tract. To our knowledge, this is the first suc h case reported in the surgery or gynecology literature. With the incr easing use of laparoscopy for gynecologic and general surgery procedur es, this problem will likely become more common. The general surgeon s hould know how to diagnose and treat endometriomas arising in laparosc opic trocar tracts.