{"paper_id":"b5d63c97-2cb5-4a24-a36c-356ef01ac8b5","body_text":"British Journal of Hospital Medicine (BJHM) is published by IMR Press from Volume 87 Issue 1 (2026). Previous articles were published by another publisher under the hybrid model (CC-BY-NC license or on a subscription basis), and they are hosted by IMR Press on imrpress.com as a courtesy and upon agreement.\nRectosigmoid Endometriosis Causing Large Bowel Obstruction\nAffiliations\nArticle Info\n1 United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln, UK\n2 Ayrshire and Arran Primary Care Trust: NHS Ayrshire and Arran Kilmarnock, Scotland, UK\n3 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK\nCorrespondence: drmosesvikramamarjothi@hotmail.com (Moses Amarjothi Joacquim)\nAbstract\nLarge bowel obstruction is most commonly due to colorectal carcinoma, diverticular disease or volvulus. Rare causes of large bowel obstruction like endometriosis may occur in premenopausal women and diagnosis of large bowel endometriosis can be challenging to confirm preoperatively. Hence, clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for rare causes of large bowel obstruction like endometriosis. This may require complete surgical resection of the involved bowel to eliminate the risk of local recurrence.\nKeywords\n- endometriosis\n- bowel obstruction\n- surgical resection\n- premenopausal women\n- hormone therapy","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}