{"paper_id":"c40cd23c-1b0d-49bf-b538-65a65499c015","body_text":"CASE REPORTS\nAcute Small Bowel Obstruction and Small Bowel Perforation as a Clinical Debut of Intestinal Endometriosis: A Report of Four Cases and Review of the Literature\n2016 Volume 55 Issue 18 Pages 2595-2599\nDetails\nAbstract\nEndometriosis is a quite common pathology, however, intestinal endometriosis is a rare condition, which typically occurs with chronic symptoms. Its acute presentation is very infrequent. We herein report four cases of intestinal endometriosis, in which the clinical debut occurred acutely: two as an acute small bowel obstruction and two as a small bowel perforation. None of the cases had a preoperative diagnosis of endometriosis. The interest of these cases lies in this exceptional form of presentation, such as a surgical acute abdomen. Therefore, intestinal endometriosis should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of an acute obstructive or perforative process of the small or large bowel.\n© 2016 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine\nFavorites & Alerts\nRecently viewed articles\nPredecessor","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}