Acute Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Ileal Endometriosis: Report of a Case

Jeffrey R Ridha, Sebastiano Cassaro
Surgery today · 2003 · vol. 33(12) , pp. 944–947 · doi:10.1007/s00595-003-2613-4 · PMID:14669090 · W2088301102
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This case report describes ileal endometriosis causing acute small bowel obstruction, a rare condition with a difficult preoperative diagnosis in women of child-bearing age presenting with obstruction symptoms.

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This paper reports a single case of acute small bowel obstruction caused by endometriosis involving the terminal ileum, describing how a rare presentation can mimic other causes of intestinal obstruction. The authors note that establishing a preoperative diagnosis is difficult because symptoms are vague and presentations resemble other etiologies, and they emphasize that diagnosis relies on a high index of suspicion. They state that definitive management involved resection of the affected ileal segment with primary anastomosis, and that adjuvant hormonal therapy may prevent recurrence, with the primary limitation being that the evidence is based on a single case. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it presents an acute small bowel obstruction secondary to ileal endometriosis.

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mesh:D004715endometriosis

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Endometriosis Ileum Intestinal Obstruction Adult Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Ileum Ileum Intestinal Obstruction Intestinal Obstruction

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