{"paper_id":"2b81ced9-c53a-4c5a-af30-2fd81ae1c373","body_text":"Data Availability\nNo datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.\nReferences\nGuadagno A, Grillo F, Vellone VG et al. Intestinal endometriosis: mimicker of inflammatory bowel disease? Digestion. 2015;92:14–21.\nKaufman LC, Smyrk TC, Levy MJ, Enders FT, Oxentenko AS. Symptomatic intestinal endometriosis requiring surgical resection: clinical presentation and preoperative diagnosis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2011;106:1325–1332.\nSanchez Cifuentes A, Candel Arenas MF, Albarracin Marin-Blazquez A. Intestinal endometriosis. Our experience. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2016;108:524–525.\nMusat F, Paduraru DN, Bolocan A, Constantinescu A, Ion D, Andronic O. Endometriosis as an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction-a comprehensive literature review. J Clin Med. 2023;12:6376.\nGalica AN, Galica R, Dumitrascu DL. Intestinal endometriosis, a challenge for gastroenterologists: a narrative review. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2025;34:1.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nContributions\nYM and CY: Wrote the manuscript, and analyzed the case and completed the endoscopic operation. YM and YL contributed equally to this work. YC: superivised the scientific work and revised the man uscript. The corresponding author is YC. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.\nCorresponding author\nEthics declarations\nCompeting interests\nThe authors declare no competing interests.\nAdditional information\nPublisher's Note\nSpringer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nMa, Y., Liu, Y., Yuan, C. et al. Rectal Endometriosis Confined to the Muscularis Mucosa. Dig Dis Sci 71, 1162–1164 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-025-09519-5\nReceived:\nAccepted:\nPublished:\nVersion of record:\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-025-09519-5","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}