Table 2.
Characteristics of patients who underwent surgery for inguinal endometriosis
Case
|
Age (yr)
|
EM history
|
Parity
|
Surgery year
|
Laterality
|
ICS
|
Preoperative diagnosis
|
US/MRI
|
Site of EM
|
Surgery
|
Postoperative diagnosis
|
Follow-up (mo)
|
1 | 47 | - | P | 2018 | R | - | IH/cyst of Nuck’s canal? | US: Hetero-geneous echo; MRI:/ | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion; Hernia repair | IEM (R); IH (R) | 24 |
2 | 52 | + | P | 2016 | R | - | IH/IEM? | US: Low echo with cluster; Cysts (IEM); MRI:/ | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion; Hernia repair | IEM (R); IH (R) | 41 |
3 | 33 | - | P | 2017 | R | + | IH/cyst of Nuck’s canal? | US: Hetero-geneous echo; MRI:/ | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion; Hernia repair | IEM (R); IH (R) | 24 |
4 | 53 | - | P | 2018 | R | + | IH | US: Hetero-geneous echo; MRI:/ | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion; Hernia repair | IEM (R); IH (R) | 12 |
5 | 35 | + | N | 2018 | R | - | IH | US: Hetero-geneous echo; MRI:/ | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion; Hernia repair | IEM (R); IH (R) | 19 |
6 | 36 | + | N | 2019 | R | - | IH | US: Hetero-geneous echo; MRI:/ | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion; Hernia repair | IEM (R); IH (R) | 13 |
7 | 42 | - | P | 2015 | R | + | IH | US: Hetero-geneous echo; MRI:/ | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion; Hernia repair | IEM (R); IH (R) | 60 |
8 | 40 | + | N | 2012 | L | - | IH | US: Hetero-geneous echo; MRI:/ | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion; Hernia repair | IEM (L); IH (L) | 70 |
9 | 32 | - | N | 2014 | R | + | IEM; Pelvic EM | US: Hetero-geneous echo; MRI: IEM (R) | Extraperitoneal round ligament | Wide excision of the lesion | IEM (R); Pelvic EM | 88 |
10 | 36 | - | P | 2011 | B | + | Bilateral IEM; IH (R) | US: Hetero-geneous echo (L) + cyst (R); MRI: IEM (bi) | Extraperitoneal round ligament (L); Hernial sac (R) | Wide excision of the lesion (L + R); Hernia repair (R) | IEM + IH (R); IEM (L) | 97 |
ICS: Inguinal catamenial symptom; IH: Inguinal hernia; IEM: Inguinal endometriosis; N: Nulliparous; P: Parous; US: Ultrasonography; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; EM: Endometriosis.