Endometriosis en el ciego de una mujer posmenopáusica. Reporte del caso

Clínica El Rosario, Ricardo Torres-Rincon, A Moreno-Rojas, Carolina Salinas-Parra, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
In: IATREIA · 2017 · vol. 30(2) , pp. 333–339 · doi:10.17533/udea.iatreia.v30n3a09 · W2733136394
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This case report details the surgical and pathological findings of cecal endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman, which initially presented as a suspected malignancy causing intestinal obstruction.

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The paper reports a case of a postmenopausal woman who presented with intestinal obstruction that was surgically suggestive of a cecal neoplasm. Intraoperative and pathological evaluation ultimately showed intestinal endometriosis as the underlying cause, highlighting that isolated cecal involvement is rare and even more so in a postmenopausal patient without hormonal replacement therapy. The authors explicitly frame endometriosis as benign extrauterine growth that can produce chronic inflammatory changes and adhesions that distort anatomy. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically endometriosis presenting as cecal intestinal obstruction in a postmenopausal woman mimicking colorectal cancer.

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Endometriosis is a benign disease defined as the extra-uterine implantation and proliferation of tissue similar to endometrium (glands and stroma), causing a chronic inflammatory response and adhesions that distort anatomy. The extra-gonadal involvement is rare, but reports of intestinal endometriosis have increased substantially, mainly affecting the sigmoid colon and rectum; isolated involvement of the cecum is rare, even more so in a postmenopausal woman without use of hormone replacement therapy. We report the case of a postmenopausal woman with intestinal obstruction surgically suggestive of malignancy; however, pathological examination revealed endometriosis.
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Endometriosis en el ciego de una mujer posmenopáusica. Reporte del caso DOI: https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.v30n3a09Palabras clave: endometriosis, intestino, neoplasia colorrectal, obstrucción intestinalResumen La endometriosis es una enfermedad benigna definida como la implantación y proliferación extrauterinas de tejido similar al endometrio (glandular y estroma), lo que causa una respuesta inflamatoria crónica y adherencias que distorsionan la anatomía. El compromiso extragonadal es raro, pero los informes de endometriosis intestinal han aumentado de forma sustancial; los sitios afectados principalmente son el colon sigmoides y el recto; el compromiso aislado del ciego es raro y lo es aún más en una mujer posmenopáusica sin uso de terapia de reemplazo hormonal. Presentamos el caso de una mujer posmenopáusica con una obstrucción intestinal sugestiva quirúrgicamente de neoplasia del ciego, pero cuyo examen patológico reveló endometriosis. Descargas Citas (1.) 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