J Melissas

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus · active 1998

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  • mesh:D004715 1
  • endometriosis 1
article 1998
Acute intestinal obstruction caused by endometriosis mimicking sigmoid carcinoma.
Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica

Endometriosis is a relatively frequent disease in fertile women. The intestine is involved in 12-37% of cases. Intestinal endometriosis is usually asymptomatic and complete obstruction of the bowel lumen occurs in less than 1% of cases. We …