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OBJECTIVE: To report the usefulness of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography for the assessment of parietal endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic research hospital. PATIENT(S): A 35-year-old woman with a noncyclic, painful abdominal nodule near a caesarean delivery scar. INTERVENTION(S): 3D ultrasonography and wide surgical resection with healthy margins. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): 3D ultrasonographic assessment of the endometriotic nodule. RESULT(S): We found that 3D ultrasonography offered a more specific description of parietal endometriosis with irregular and spiculated margins and depth infiltration as well as provided preoperative evaluation of volume measurements. CONCLUSION(S): Three-dimensional ultrasonography is a useful, noninvasive tool in extrapelvic endometriosis.
