Annali italiani di chirurgia

BACKGROUND: Perineal endometriosis is the presence of endometrial tissue in the perineal region. Early diagnosis and treatment is important due to anal sphincter involvement in almost half of the patients. Endoanal ultrasonography is a reli…

We describe an unusual case of giant intramuscular abdominal endometrioma clinically misdiagnosed as desmoid tumour in a 36-year-old female patient with a one-year history of lower abdominal pain. Endometriosis is defined by the presence of…

AIM: The aim of this paper is to describe an unique case of deep infiltrating endometriosis of the rectum in non-pregnant woman with unusual clinical and pathological presentation resulting in spontaneous perforation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to review the characteristics, intraoperative and radiological findings of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). METHODS: This retrospective observational cohort study was executed through analysis of the m…

BACKROUND: Abdominal wall endometrioma is a rare condition, which usually develops in surgical scar of a Cesarean section (C-section) or of a hysterectomy. Scar endometriosis is a misdiagnosed condition in general surgery, since it mimics o…

Endometriosis is a disease represented by the presence of extra uterine endometrial tissue. It is a rare condition, and malignant transformation is seldom. We report a case with clear cell adenocarcinoma oncogenesis on abdominal wall scar t…

INTRODUCTION: Diseases and tumors of the appendix vermiformis are very rare, except for acute appendicitis. This study aimed to examine rare findings in the histopathologic examinations of specimens of patients undergoing appendectomy due t…

AIM: The deep infiltrating endometriosis, defined as a subperitoneal infiltration of endometrial implants of ≥ 5 mm involving not only the colorectal tract but also rectovaginal septum, vagina and bladder often requires a challenging surger…

BACKGROUND: Even if endometriosis is usually an exclusively gynecological issue, atypical locations fall within the interest of general surgery. The aim of our retrospective study focuses on the need for surgeons to face this rare condition…

AIM: Endometriosis is a commun health disorder in women, which is defined as the presence of bowel endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. Bowel endometriosis occurs in approximately10% pf all cases, with ileal localization as a very ra…

AIM: Endometriosis is not a well-known disease and sometimes its rare onset is a pathogenetic, diagnostic and therapeutic problem. The Canal of Nuck is an embryonal rest of the parietal peritoneum that accompanies the round ligament through…

Endometriosis is a common entity affecting females of reproductive age. Clinical manifestations are not specific, making the preoperative diagnosis difficult to establish. Intestinal endometriosis is common, but ethiology is unknown. The co…

Endometriosis (E) is an estrogen-dependent inflammatory disorder that is observed in approximately 10% of women in childbearing age, and is the most common benign gynecological disorder requiring hospitalization. In 5% of cases, there is an…

Endometriosis involving the rectus abdominis muscle is very rare; until now, only 19 such cases have been reported in the medical literature since it was first described in 1984 by Amato and Levitt; almost all were associated with previous …

Deep endometriosis is a subserosal growth (for more than 5 mm) of funzional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Authors report two clinical cases of intestinal endometriosis localized in the anterior wall of the rectum and in the…

Large Bowel is not uncommonly involved by extra pelvic endometriosis, however cecal localization is the lowest reported in literature; the differential diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis remains difficult, especially in those patients wh…

OBJECTIVE: Authors report their experience about a case of intestinal endometriosis that lead cyclic and recurrent rectal bleeding in a fertile-age woman. DESIGN: Report of 1 case with multidisciplinary approach and surgical treatment. Surg…

Endometriosis is a very common gynecological disease, although the abdominal wall localization is a rare clinical problem in the everyday practice and this explains the incomplete reports in literature and the difficulty of a standard treat…

OBJECTIVE: The study was undertaken to identify some features of the intestinal endometriosis such as symptoms, helpful investigations, pattern of distribution and surgical management. PATIENTS: Three consecutive cases, observed during a si…

Colo-rectal endometriosis represents a rare pathological event. Exceptionally, a malignant colo-rectal endometrioid carcinoma arising from endometriosis has been reported. In the present case, we describe a 32 year-old woman with clinical a…

The authors present a clinical of umbilical endometriosis in a young woman. This patient never underwent any operation or diagnostic abdominal procedures. The case is very interesting because of problems concerning differential diagnosis wi…

The authors report one case of abdominal wall endometriosis secondary to cesarean section. They emphasize the rarity of this localization and discuss about the incidence of extrapelvic endometriosis stressing the importance of this patholog…