Faculty Opinions recommendation of Postmenopausal deep infiltrating endometriosis of the colon: rare location and novel medical therapy.

Edgardo Rolla
In: Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2019 · doi:10.3410/f.735323029.793557771 · W4244187117
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This report details a rare case of deep infiltrating colon endometriosis causing anemia, successfully treated with conjugated estrogen-bazedoxifene, eliminating the endometrial implant after five months.

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We report an uncommon case of deep infiltrating endometriosis of the colon presenting as iron deficiency anemia nine years after hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The endometrial implant was found at the hepatic flexure, an exceedingly rare location for endometriosis invasion with no cases distinctly reported in the literature. Additionally, the presentation of gastrointestinal endometriosis as iron deficiency anemia is not well documented in the literature. Instead of surgery, we prescribed a novel medical therapeutic approach using conjugated estrogen-bazedoxifene to antagonize the proliferative effects of estrogen on endometrial tissue. After five months of therapy and repeat colonoscopy, no evidence of endometrial tissue remained in the hepatic flexure.

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