A case of small bowel endometriosis complicated by intestinal obstruction successfully treated with laparoscopic surgery

Tetsu Sato, Shu Soeda, Chihiro Okoshi, Norihito Kamo, Hiroyo Meguro, Masayo Tanaka, Makoto Owada, Hiroshi Suzuki
In: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC ENDOSCOPY · 2019 · vol. 35(2) , pp. 244–248 · doi:10.5180/jsgoe.35.2_244 · W3000650958
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Abstract

The patient was a 37-year-old woman with no history of pregnancy or laparotomy. She developed lower abdominal pain and nausea and was admitted to a local hospital with a diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis. However, she was found to have small bowel obstruction and an ovarian cyst on imaging studies and was referred to our department. A diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis was made on the basis of the results of transvaginal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. We performed laparoscopic bilateral ovarian endometriosis cystectomy and partial small bowel resection in collaboration with a gastrointestinal surgeon of our hospital. The patient had a favorable postoperative course and was discharged home on the 12th day after surgery.

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