Isolated endometriosis of the small bowel presenting as acute small bowel obstruction

Payne SP, S P Payne, S.P.K. Payne, Pace RF, R F Pace, I S Benjamin, Benjamin IS, Clark DM, D. M. Clark
The British journal of clinical practice · 1991 · vol. 45(1) , pp. 57–58 · doi:10.1111/j.1742-1241.1991.tb08830.x · PMID:1931547 · W2415813117
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This case report describes a patient with isolated small bowel endometriosis in the distal ileum that presented as acute small bowel obstruction and was initially suspected to be a malignant tumor.

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Abstract

Although endometriosis is a common disease, small bowel involvement is unusual. We recently treated a patient in whom the diagnosis of endometriosis was made only after histological examination of a solitary lesion, which was obstructing the distal ileum and had the clinical appearance of a malignant tumour.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Ileal Diseases Ileal Neoplasms Intestinal Obstruction Adult Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Humans Humans Ileal Diseases Ileal Diseases Ileal Neoplasms Ileal Neoplasms Ileal Neoplasms Intestinal Obstruction Intestinal Obstruction

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