Endometriose intestinal: uma doença benigna?

Marco Antonio Bassi, Marco Bassi, Sérgio Podgaec, João Antonio Dias Júnior, João Antônio Dias Dias Júnior, Carlos Walter Sobrado, Nicolau D Amico Filho, Nicolau D’Amico Filho, Maurício Simões Abrão
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2009 · vol. 55(5) , pp. 611–616 · doi:10.1590/s0104-42302009000500029 · PMID:19918666 · W1973394474
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This paper reviews diagnostic, clinical, and therapeutic knowledge of bowel endometriosis, exploring its relationship with neoplastic processes to better understand its benign or potentially malignant nature.

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Endometriosis is generally assumed to be a benign disease, but it is estimated that 1% of cases are associated with cancer, especially when both conditions are present in the ovary. Extra-ovarian lesions in the rectovaginal septum, colon, bladder, vagina and peritoneum were already associated with malign neoplasia. Several characteristics of endometrial tissue are very similar to the neoplasia phenotype. Endometriosis itself typically behaves as a neoplasia process, spreading over adjacent stroma and being associated with distant lesions. This is an update on the diagnostic, clinical, and therapeutic knowledge of, management of bowel implants of endometrial tissue, as well as the relation with neoplastic processes to better understand its benign nature or eventual potential for malignancy.

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endometriosis

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Colonic Diseases Endometriosis Colonic Diseases Colonic Diseases Colonic Neoplasms Colonic Neoplasms Colonic Neoplasms Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans

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