[Sigmoid endometriosis: a diagnostic dilemma on multidetector CT]

Michele Telegrafo, Telegrafo M, Valentina Lorusso, Lorusso V, Giuseppe Rubini, Rubini G, Leonarda Rella, Rella L, Angela Pezzolla, Amato Antonio Stabile Ianora, Stabile Ianora AA, Marco Moschetta, Moschetta M
Recenti progressi in medicina · 2013 · vol. 104(7) , pp. 438–41 · doi:10.1701/1315.14592 · PMID:24042424 · W2410545860
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This paper describes a case of sigmoid endometriosis that presented a diagnostic challenge on multidetector computed tomography, highlighting the need to differentiate it from other large bowel diseases.

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Abstract

Intestinal endometriosis represents a common condition that occurs particularly in women of reproductive age. The gastrointestinal tract is the third most common localization of endometriosis, after the ovaries and the peritoneum, and recto-sigmoid tract is involved in 70% of cases. Recto-sigmoid endometriosis has to be differentiated from other diseases of large bowel, especially in patients without a history of endometriosis. We report a case of sigmoid endometriosis which represented a diagnostic dilemma on multidetector computed tomography.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Multidetector Computed Tomography Multidetector Computed Tomography Sigmoid Diseases Abdominal Pain Abdominal Pain Abdominal Pain Adult Adult Biopsy Biopsy Colectomy Colectomy Colonic Diseases Colonic Diseases Colonic Diseases Colonoscopy Colonoscopy Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Differential

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