Endometriose Colônica Simulando Câncer Colorretal - Relato de Dois Casos Colonic Endometriosis Simulating Colorectal Cancer: Report of 2 Cases

Ademar Garcia, Bruno Spadoni Neto, Victor Cezar, S. Ruiz García, Priscila Arruda, Daniela Laila Garcia
2006 · W2740482943
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This report details two cases of colonic endometriosis that mimicked colorectal cancer, presenting symptoms like tenesmus and rectal bleeding, ultimately diagnosed via anatomopathological examination after surgical resection.

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ABSTRACT: The endometriosis is an enigmatic pathology that has an uncertain etiology and is characterized by ectopicimplant of functional endometrial tissue. Its most common clinical presentation is periodic abdominal pain associated withmenstrual period, infertility, and complaints of dyspareunie and dysmenorrheal, but its presentation can also varies, simulatingcolorectal tumors by presenting symptoms like tenesm and rectal bleeding. The diagnoses is made by the anatomopathologicexam and mostly explained after surgical resection. The treatment can be done clinically or surgically, depending on the age,desire to have children and the development of endometrial lesion in the gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this work is relatingtwo cases of colonic endometriosis simulating colorectal cancer, diagnosed at the surgical service of the Hospital Geral Univer-sitario de Cuiaba, and dissertating about the pathology forms and its treatment.Key words: Endometriosis; Colorectal neoplasm; rectal bleeding.

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