Acute intestinal obstruction caused by endometriosis mimicking sigmoid carcinoma
Journal | Volume 61 - 1998 |
Issue | Fasc.3 - Case reports |
Author(s) | E. de Bree, G. Schoretsanitis, J. Melissas, M. Christodoulakis, D. Tsiftsis |
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Department of Surgical Oncology, University General Hospital, Herakleion, Greece. |
Endometriosis is a relatively frequent disease in fertile women. The intestine is involved in 12-37% of cases. Intestinal endometriosis is usually asymptomatic and complete obstruction of the bowel lumen occurs in less than 1% of cases. We report a case of endometriosis of the sigmoid, which caused complete,intestinal obstruction and mimicked carcinoma of the sigmoid colon. T@ case demonstrates the difficulty of establishing an accurate pre- and peroperative diagnosis and the propensity of intestinal endometriosis to mimic colon cancer. |
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