Pelvic endometriosis simulating colonic malignant neoplasm
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Endometriosis involving the rectosigmoid colon in three women mimicked colonic malignant neoplasm with symptoms including obstruction and bleeding, ultimately requiring surgical resection.
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• Three women had endometriosis that involved the rectosigmoid colon; their clinical presentation suggested primary colonic malignant neoplasm. Intestinal obstruction, weight loss, and, in two patients, rectal bleeding with radiologic evidence of a mass lesion that involved the rectosigmoid, were present at initial evaluation. All patients eventually underwent colonic resection as definitive therapy. Endometriosis of the pelvic colon may mimic primary intestinal disease, mistakenly suggesting malignant neoplasm. Such symptoms in a young woman should prompt a search for endometriosis, which is a more likely diagnosis. Adequate therapy frequently requires surgical intervention. (Arch Intern Med1989;149:935-938)
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- Intestinal Obstruction due to Endometriosis Involving Atypical Hyperplasia: A Case Report 2015
- Deeply infiltrating endometriosis of the sigmoid and lymph nodes simulating obstructive neoplasm 2010
- Evidence for asymmetric distribution of lower intestinal tract endometriosis 2004
- Endometriosis simulating a colonic obstructive neoplasm 2003
- Endometriosis of the intestinal tract: a study of 44 cases of a disease that may cause diverse challenges in clinical and pathologic evaluation 2001
- Neoplastic and pre-neoplastic changes in gastrointestinal endometriosis: a study of 17 cases 2000
- Mucosal changes in the large bowel with endometriosis: a possible cause of misdiagnosis of colitis? 1994
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