An umbilical bleeding nodule
| Autor: | Hemal Shah, Lucia Pozo-Garcia, Salvador J. Diaz-Cano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Endometriosis Hemorrhage Physical examination Skin Diseases Article Diagnosis Differential Lesion Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Obstetrics and gynaecology Biopsy medicine Humans Medical history 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Umbilicus medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Nodule (medicine) General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female medicine.symptom business Umbilical region |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Reports. :bcr-2017 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2017-220470 |
| Popis: | A 23-year-old woman was referred to the dermatology department through the 2-week wait pathway under clinical suspicion of malignant melanoma in the umbilical region. She presented with a 4-month history of a painful and intermittently bleeding nodule on the umbilical area. The lesion was more prominent during her menstrual cycles and bled. She was otherwise in good general health and denied a history of abdominal or gynaecological surgery. There was no known medical history of endometriosis. On physical examination, she presented with approximately 1.5 cm soft, brown, well-circumscribed nodule on the inferior aspect of the umbilical area (figure 1). Based on her medical history and examination findings, umbilical endometriosis was suspected. A cutaneous biopsy was performed, … |
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