La endometriosis profunda: un desafío diagnóstico y terapéutico

In: Progresos de Obstetricia y Ginecología · 2012 · vol. 56(2) , pp. 105–107 · doi:10.1016/j.pog.2012.07.005 · W2000323951
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This case report highlights the diagnostic challenges and aggressive treatment required for deep rectovaginal endometriosis, presenting a patient with severe symptoms and complications following a prior hysterectomy for fibroids.

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Resumen Presentamos un caso clinico que pone de manifiesto los desafios que plantea la endometriosis profunda del tabique rectovaginal. Se trata de una paciente intervenida en nuestro servicio de histerectomia total en mayo de 2011 por utero miomatoso sintomatico, sin hallazgos clinicos ni anatomopatologicos de endometriosis. La paciente continua con dolor pelvico invalidante, disquecia y sintomas urinarios hasta febrero de 2012, momento en el que comienza con obstruccion ureteral, hidronefrosis bilateral y pseudoobstruccion intestinal, que obliga a realizar una cirugia radical de una tumoracion fibrosa pelvica, fija a recto y que comprime ambos ureteres. Resultado histologico: endometriosis. Resaltamos las dificultades diagnosticas que presenta y el tratamiento agresivo que requiere.

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