The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the value of diagnostic laparoscopy in patients with chronic right iliac fossa pain. METHODS: A retrospective study at Echuca Hospital involving case-note review and telephone questionnair…

Endometriotic involvement of the bladder, although uncommon, is being reported in the literature with increasing frequency. Three cases are presented which will serve to highlight the main features of the disease and its management.

Three case reports of cyclical rectal bleeding in endometriosis affecting rectum and sigmoid colon emphasize the close relationship between such cyclical bleeding and intestinal endometriosis. The cause of bleeding, however, is still unclea…

Two cases of rectal endometriosis which responded to danazol are reported.

Endometriosis is a common disease of women which occasionally causes serious symptoms in virtue of involvement of the distal large intestine. Two cases are reported, illustrating opposite ends of the spectrum of this disorder, one presentin…

Summary 1. The current knowledge of endometriosis of the large bowel is reviewed, emphasizing the features assisting the differential diagnosis between this disease and carcinoma. 2. Attention is drawn to two ways in which endometriosis mig…