Endometriosis of the Bowel

Gray LA, L A Gray, LAMAN A. CRAY
Annals of Surgery · 1973 · vol. 177(5) , pp. 580–587 · doi:10.1097/00000658-197305000-00011 · PMID:4350058 · W2149406847
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This paper reviews the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and surgical management of bowel endometriosis, a condition where endometrial tissue implants on the intestines.

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This paper is titled “Endometriosis of the Bowel” and is presented in a corpus of endometriosis literature, with references to historical clinical reports describing bowel involvement of endometriosis (e.g., sigmoid and rectal disease) and complications such as obstructive or recurrent presentations. The available text provided does not include the body of the paper’s original study methods, results, or limitations, and only shows a list of cited sources rather than findings from the paper itself. Because the actual paper content is not present here, the key findings and explicit caveats stated by the authors cannot be determined from the excerpt. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on endometriosis affecting the bowel (intestinal, sigmoid, and/or rectal involvement).

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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky
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Full text PDFImages in this article Selected References These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. - GRAY L. A. The conservative operation for endometriosis: a report of its use in 200 cases. J Ky State Med Assoc. 1958 Dec;56(12):1219–passim. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] - GRIMES A. E., Jr Endometriosis with particular reference to involvement of the sigmoid. Ky Med J. 1950 Jan;48(1):20–27. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] - HAUCK A. E. Endometriosis of the colon. Ann Surg. 1960 Jun;151:896–902. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196006000-00013. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] - JOHNSON C. G., COPPOLA A. F., MOLL C. F. Complications of endometriosis of the sigmoid colon. South Med J. 1957 Jul;50(7):893–897. doi: 10.1097/00007611-195707000-00013. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] - LESH R. E., HATHCOCK A. H. Endometriosis of the rectum; report of a case confused with carcinoma. Obstet Gynecol. 1955 Mar;5(3):320–324. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] - MARSHAK R. H., FRIEDMAN A. I. Endometriosis of the large bowel treated with testosterone. Gastroenterology. 1950 Apr;14(4):576–579. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] - POTH E. J. Critical analysis of intestinal antisepsis. J Am Med Assoc. 1957 Apr 13;163(15):1317–1322. doi: 10.1001/jama.1957.02970500001001. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] - RENCORET R., VARGAS L. Persistent, obstructive, and recurrent intestinal endometriosis; regression by prolonged treatment with testosterone; report of a case. Obstet Gynecol. 1954 Aug;4(2):142–146. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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endometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Intestinal Neoplasms Adult Castration Cecal Neoplasms Cecal Neoplasms Colonic Neoplasms Colonic Neoplasms Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Ileum Ileum Intestinal Mucosa Intestinal Mucosa

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