[Endometriosis: a rare cause of acute intestinal obstruction].

Khaled Mlik, Mlik K, Arfa MN, Mohamed N Arfa, Zaafrani R, Ridha Zaafrani, Gharbi L, Lassad Gharbi, Carole Gouttelier Ben Fadhel, Gouttelier Ben Fadhel C, Hafedh Mestiri, Mestiri H, Sabah M’zabi Regaya, Mzabi Regaya S, Sabah Mzabi Regaya, Mohamed Tahar Khalfallah, Khalfallah MT
La Tunisie medicale · 2003 · vol. 81(12) , pp. 972–5 · PMID:14986536 · W51518098
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Endometriosis, a rare cause of intestinal obstruction, requires total resection of endometriomas for symptom relief and recurrence avoidance, with hormonal treatment and conservative ovarian surgery considered for premenopausal patients.

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In the differential diagnosis of intestinal obstruction, the endometriosis is an uncommon disease, rarely reported preoperatively. Surgical objective is a total resection of endometriomas, to guarantee symptom relief and ovoid recurrence. In elective cases, preoperative GH-RH analogue hormonal treatment makes easier the surgical procedures. Conservative surgery of the ovaries is mandatory in premenopausal patients.

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Endometriosis Intestinal Obstruction Acute Disease Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Humans Intestinal Obstruction Intestinal Obstruction Intestinal Obstruction

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