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. 2024 May 2;2024(5):rjae270. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjae270

Table 1.

Literature review of known cases of perianal endometrioma presented as a perianal abscess.

Reference number Author/Year Presentation Initial treatment (N) Definitive treatment
[11] Swerdlow/1975 Perianal abscess Perianal incision (2) Abdominal HTA with BSO followed by local excision (3 months later)
[12] Andreson, Tuckson/1988 Supralevator abscess Trans rectal incision (6) Emergency laparotomy with HTA, BSO, colostomy, and appendectomy
[9] Iqbal et al./2009 Perianal abscess Perianal incision (2) Perianal excision
[10] Rodrigues et al./2015 Perianal abscess Fistulotomy (1) Episiotomy excision with enucleation
[3] McComb et al./ 2023 Perianal abscess Perianal incision (1) Incomplete excision + non-surgical management
[13] Yogini et al./2019 Perianal abscess Perianal incision (1) Perianal excision + GnRH analog
[14] Liang et al./2021 Perianal abscess Perianal puncture and drainage (1) Perianal excision
[15] Andrei et al./2019 Perianal abscess Incision, evacuation of the abscess, fistulotomy (1) The patient refused hormonal inhibitor treatment
This series Zafirovikj et al./2024 Perianal abscess (in both cases) Incision in both cases (1 per each) Perianal excision (in both cases)

HTA: hysterectomy; BSO: bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; GnRH: gonadotropin-releasing Hormone.