Ileocecal endometriosis mimicking Crohn’s disease and causing acute small bowel obstruction: A case report and review of literature

Houssam Khodor Abtar, Mostapha Mneimneh
In: International Journal of Case Reports and Images · 2020 · vol. 11 , pp. 1 · doi:10.5348/101129z01jt2020cr · W3032944685
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Introduction: Endometriosis, defined as the growth of extrauterine endometrial tissue, is a chronic gynecologic pathology affecting reproductive-age women. Bowel endometriosis occurs in the rectosigmoid region and uncommonly in the ileocecal area. Case Report:

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