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Original communication| Volume 4, ISSUE 5, P708-717, November 1938

Endometrial tumors in postcesarean abdominal laparotomy scars

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      Abstract

      • 1.
        1. Attention is directed to a group of endometrial tumors occurring in postcesarean abdominal wall laparotomy scars.
      • 2.
        2. We believe these tumors to represent proliferations of fragments of uterine mucosa inadvertently transplanted into the abdominal wound during a previous hysterotomy.
      • 3.
        3. Clinical features, including the pathognomonic comenstrual pain, pathology, and pathogenesis are discussed.
      • 4.
        4. Prophylaxis and treatment are outlined.
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