Ann Dermatol.  2017 Oct;29(5):621-625. 10.5021/ad.2017.29.5.621.

Primary Cutaneous Endometriosis of Umbilicus

• Loh SH
• Lew BL
• Sim WY

• KMID: 2388916
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2017.29.5.621

Abstract

Cutaneous endometriosis is defined by the presence of endometrial glands and/or stroma in skin and represents less than 1% of all ectopic endometrium. Cutaneous endometriosis is classified as primary and secondary. Primary cutaneous endometriosis appears without a prior surgical history and secondary cutaneous endometriosis mostly occurs at surgical scar tissue after abdominal operations. The most widely accepted pathogenesis of secondary endometriosis is the iatrogenic implantation of endometrial cells after surgery, such as laparoscopic procedures. However, the pathogenesis of primary endometriosis is still unknown. Umbilical endometriosis is composed only 0.4% to 4.0% of all endometriosis, however, umbilicus is the most common site of primary cutaneous endometriosis. A 38-year-old women presented with solitary 2.5×2.0-cm-sized purple to brown colored painful nodule on the umbilicus since 2 years ago. The patient had no history of surgical procedures. The skin lesion became swollen with spontaneous bleeding during menstruation. The skin lesion was diagnosed as a keloid at private hospital and has been treated with lesional injection of steroid for several times but there was no improvement. Imaging studies showed an enhancing umbilical mass without connection to internal organs. Biopsy specimen showed the several dilated glandular structures in dermis. They were surrounded by endometrial-type stroma and perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes. The patient was diagnosed as primary cutaneous endometriosis and skin lesion was removed by complete wide excision without recurrence. We report an interesting and rare case of primary umbilical endometriosis mistaken for a keloid and review the literatures.

Keyword

Cutaneous endometriosis; Endometriosis of umbilicus; Primary cutaneous endometriosis; Umbilical endometriosis

MeSH Terms

Adult
Biopsy
Cicatrix
Dermis
Endometriosis*
Endometrium
Female
Hemorrhage
Hospitals, Private
Humans
Keloid
Lymphocytes
Menstruation
Recurrence
Skin
Umbilicus*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 About 2.5×2.0-cm-sized brownish to purple colored nodule on the umbilicus.

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  Fig. 2 (A, B) Specimen showed lesions in the superficial dermis and deep dermis comprising dilated glandular structures, surrounded by cellular endometrial-type stroma (H&E; A: ×40, B: ×100, respectively).

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