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Exaggerated placental site is a non-neoplastic lesion characterized with infiltration of extravilleous intermediate trophoblasts into the myometrium and the walls of blood vessels of the normal placental implantation area. Typically, they were seen in spontaneous and/or elective abortion materials. Rarely, the clinical picture may be associated with normal pregnancy or postpartum bleeding. A case of an exaggerated placental site is presented in this article. To our best knowledge, this is the first case demonstrating an association between exaggerated placental site and term pregnancy. It is aimed to review the current information about this rare condition.
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Endometriosis is a relatively common clinical disorder characterized with functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Although it is usually located in genital tract, the atypical sites may be involved including the bladder, ureter, intestine, appendix, surgical scars, and extremities. Scar endometriosis is rare, difficult to diagnose and can be easily confused entity with a suture granuloma, lipoma or cyst. The diagnosis is made by utilizing history, physical examination, ultrasonography [USG], and histopathological analysis of the surgical specimen. The definitive diagnosis of our case was made according to the histopathologic findings. In this case report, we aimed to review the diagnosis and treatment of scar endometriosis which is rarely seen via the light of the current knowledge