{"paper_id":"26558aba-ced1-491c-b895-385c7f04408e","body_text":"Abstract\nEndometriosis is a common disease which affects the bowel in 12 to 35% of cases. Despite extensive serosal and intramural involvement, the intestinal mucosa usually remains intact and bowel perforation rarely occurs. We describe a patient with perforation of the sigmoid colon due to endometriosis. To our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported in the radiologic literature.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nGordon RL, Evers K, Kressel HY, Laufer I, Herlinger H, Thompson JJ: Double-contrast enema in pelvic endometriosis.AJR 138:549–552, 1982\nCroom RD III, Donovan ML, Schwesinger WH: Intestinal endometriosis.Am J Surg 148:660–667, 1984\nSamper ER, Slagle GW, Hand AM: Colonic endometriosis: Its clinical spectrum.South Med J 77:912–914, 1984\nFagan CJ: Endometriosis: Clinical and roentgenographic manifestations.Radiol Clin North Am 12:109–125, 1974\nAronchick CA, Brooks FP, Dyson WL, Baron R, Thompson JJ: Ileocecal endometriosis presenting with abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding.Dig Dis Sci 28:566–572, 1983\nFloberg J, Backdahl M, Silfersward C, Thomassen PA: Postpartum perforation of the colon due to endometriosis.Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 63:183–184, 1984\nLedley GS, Shenk IM, Heit HA: Sigmoid colon perforation due to endometriosis not associated with pregnancy.Am J Gastroenterol 83:1424–1426, 1988\nFishman EK, Scatarige JC, Saksouk FA, Rosenshein NB, Siegelman SS: Computed tomography of endometriosis.J Comput Assist Tomogr 7:257–264, 1983\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nGoodman, P., Raval, B. & Zimmerman, G. Perforation of the colon due to endometriosis. Gastrointest Radiol 15, 346–348 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01888816\nReceived:\nAccepted:\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01888816","source_license":"public-domain-us","license_restricted":false}