{"paper_id":"6a372137-ed6e-4c46-8011-5be11cb01181","body_text":"Summary\nThe clinical course of endometriosis of the sigmoid is described with a review of the literature. A case is presented illustrating the roentgenographc features of the disease and stressing the importance of differentiating it from carcinoma.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nGreen-Armytage, V. B.: Endometriomata: The Five Clinical Types; Brit. M. J. 1:602 (April 8) 1933.\nJenkinson, E. L., and Brown, W. H.: Endometriosis; J. A. M. A. 122:349 (June 5) 1943.\nAllen, E.: A Clinical and Experimental Study of Endometriosis; Am. J. Obst. & Gynec. 26:803 (Dec. 3) 1933.\nCattel, R. B.: Endometriosis of Colon and Rectum With Intestinal Obstruction; New England J. Med. 217:9 (July 1) 1937.\nCounsellor, V. S.: Endometriosis—A Clinical and Surgical Review; Am. J. Obst. & Gynec. 36:877 (Nov.) 1938.\nKeene, F. E. and Kimbrough, R. A.: Endometriosis—A Review Based on the Study of One Hundred and Eighteen Cases; J. A. M. A. 95:1164 (Oct. 18) 1930.\nMayo, C. W. and Miller, J. M.: Endometriosis of Sigmoid, Rectosigmoid and Rectum; Surg., Gynec. & Obst. 70:136 (Feb.) 1940.\nChiari, H.: Zur Pathologishen Anatomie des Eileiter Katarrh; Zeitschr. fur Heilkunde, 1887, 8:457.\nSampson, J. A.: Benign and Malignant Endometrial Implants in the Peritoneal Cavity and Their Relation to Certain Ovarian Tumors; Surg., Gynec. & Obst. 38:287 (March) 1924; Peritoneal Endometriosis Due to Menstrual Dissemination of Endometrial Tissue into the Peritoneal Cavity; Tr. Am. Gynec. Soc. 52:171, 1927: footnote 15.\nMaclean, N. J.: Endometriosis of Large Bowel; Canad. M. A. J. 34:253 (March) 1936.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nAdditional information\nFrom the Medical and Surgical Depts. of the Greenville Hosp., Jersey City, N. J.\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nBen-asher, S. Endometriosis of the rectosigmoid. American Journal of Digestive Diseases 11, 141–143 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999334\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999334","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}