Intestinal endometriosis and its complications: case report and review.

Cuzzo-Kriner Mr, M R Cuzzo-Kriner
The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York · 1989 · vol. 56(4) , pp. 334–7 · PMID:2677701 · W2422093245
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This case report and review examines intestinal endometriosis, finding it affects women of childbearing age and can mimic conditions like appendicitis or bowel obstruction.

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Abstract

Endometriosis affects 8%-15% of all women, and of these 3%-37% have intestinal involvement. Affected women are typically of childbearing age and of low parity, with a history of cyclic abdominal pain and progressive dysmenorrhea. Endometriosis may involve the rectum and sigmoid, ileum, cecum, and appendix, generating symptoms suggestive of acute obstruction, appendicitis, ileitis, diverticulitis, or colonic carcinoma. Thus, this entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of recurrent abdominal pain and other episodic bowel symptoms in women of childbearing age.

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mesh:D004715endometriosisdysmenorrhea

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Duodenal Diseases Endometriosis Colonic Neoplasms Colonic Neoplasms Diagnosis, Differential Duodenal Diseases Duodenal Diseases Duodenal Diseases Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Methods Middle Aged

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