TY - JOUR T1 - Endometriosis of para-aortic node masquerading a malignancy: a rare occurrence JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2020-240750 VL - 14 IS - 7 SP - e240750 AU - Evangeline Christable AU - Sathyanarayan Shivkumaran AU - Balasubramanian Venkitaraman AU - Suhaildeen Kajamohideen Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e240750.abstract N2 - Endometriosis is a benign estrogen-dependent disorder affecting women in their reproductive age group. Endometriosis means ‘abnormal growth of endometrial glands’ outside the uterus. Multiple theories on aetiopathogenesis of endometriosis have been postulated, Halban’s theory on ‘Benign Metastasis’ which proposed the presence of endometriotic cells in lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes provides the basis of this case report. Here, we report a case of 26-year-old nulliparous woman who presented with grossly elevated CA 125 with endometriosis in her para-aortic nodes mimicking as ovarian cancer. ER -