Carolyn F. Haus

A 41-year-old woman had a near-obstructing endometrioma involving the distal sigmoid colon treated with en bloc removal of the involved segment of colon and the adherent adnexa.

Endometriosis is characterized by extra-uterine endometrial gland and stroma implantation. Intestinal endometriosis is believed to affect about one-third of patients with endometriosis4; 72-95% of patients experience recto-sigmoid involveme…