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A history of gynecologic or abdominal surgery is common in women with inguinal endometriosis.\r\nCase presentation: In our case, a 39-yr-old virgin woman presented with localized pain in the right inguinal that had been present for 4 yr. She did not have any history of previous surgery, and abdominal ultrasonography showed a hypoechoic mass with minimal vascularity. Inguinal endometriosis was correctly diagnosed by two expert radiologists preoperatively, and she underwent laparoscopic surgery.\r\nConclusion: Considering inguinal endometriosis in the differential diagnosis of women with inguinal masses is important, even if there is no history of gynecologic or abdominal surgery.\r\nKey words: Endometriosis, Inguinal, Ultrasound, Case report.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.18502\/ijrm.v20i1.10409","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,27]],"date-time":"2022-02-27T06:56:16Z","timestamp":1645944976000},"page":"59-64","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18502\/knecrossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Right-side inguinal canal endometriosis at ultrasound: A case report"],"prefix":"10.18502","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Abolfazl","family":"Mehdizadeh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shahla","family":"Chaichian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shahla","family":"Mirgaloybayat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Samaneh","family":"Rokhgireh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kobra","family":"Tahermanesh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maryam","family":"Kadivar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Farahnaz","family":"Farzaneh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"7770","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"247387","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Arakawa T, Hirata T, Koga K, Neriishi K, Fukuda Sh, Ma S, et al. 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