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Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female patient presented to the ultrasound outpatient clinic with a non-cyclic painful, palpable nodular mass located in the postoperative scar in the right lower abdominal quadrant. She underwent an appendectomy at the age of 9 (premenarchal period). The patient had regular menstrual cycles, one cesarean section and two vaginal deliveries, denied any trauma to that abdominal region, and had no history of pelvic endometriosis. Her past medical history was also remarkable for left-sided breast cancer, and she was worried it could be metastasis. Following imaging evaluation, a preliminary diagnosis was a benign lesion in the post-appendectomy scar, most likely a suture granuloma, also known as Schloffer\u2019s tumor. Fine-needle aspiration was performed, and findings were primarily suspicious for AWE. The patient was then referred to an abdominal surgeon for excision of the affected area, and subsequent histopathological analysis confirmed that the mass was AWE. Conclusions: Imaging findings of a mass in the abdominal wall are not pathognomonic for AWE; only histopathological examination can confirm the diagnosis. If a painful nodular mass is located adjacent to a surgical scar in a female patient, AWE should be a leading consideration in the differential diagnosis, along with suture granuloma in cases of old surgical scars.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/reports9030216","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]],"date-time":"2026-07-09T08:50:56Z","timestamp":1783587056000},"page":"216","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Abdominal Wall Endometriosis in Appendectomy Scar 42 Years After Initial Surgical Procedure\u2014Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4917-9270","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas","family":"Ferenc","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Darko","family":"Bla\u0161kovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9667-7934","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karolina","family":"Krstanac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Dubrava University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mislav","family":"Raki\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Abdominal Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"},{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mateja","family":"Vujica Ferenc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3929-3130","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vinko","family":"Vidjak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Merkur University Hospital, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"},{"name":"School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2158","DOI":"10.1007\/s00261-024-04284-x","article-title":"Gorgon sign in abdominal wall endometriosis","volume":"49","author":"Ferenc","year":"2024","journal-title":"Abdom. 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