title: Cutaneous endometriosis
text: # Cutaneous endometriosis
  
  Cutaneous endometriosis is characterized by the appearance of papules at the umbilicus or in lower abdominal scars after gynecologic surgery in middle-aged $women.^{:628}$ The size averages to 2 cm in diameter. Its colour ranges from blue to violet, brown or skin-coloured.
  
  Rarely, endometriosis may present inside the muscles of the abdominal wall instead of the skin after caesarean section.
  
  