[Endometriosis of the transverse colon--a rare localization]
This case describes a 65-year-old woman diagnosed with transverse colon endometriosis, presenting as a polyp-like structure, which required surgical resection to rule out malignancy.
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This article reports a case of a 65-year-old woman who underwent colonoscopy without complaints due to family history of colorectal cancer and who had received estrogen therapy for postmenopausal complaints. Colonoscopy identified a 2×2 cm polyp-like transverse colon lesion with central tissue proliferation, but chromoendoscopy and multiple biopsies did not show adenomatous glandular proliferation; miniendosonography suggested a tumor in the muscularis propria. Because malignancy could not be excluded, laparoscopic colon segment resection was performed, and histology showed intramural extragenital endometriosis in the muscularis propria with nodular proliferation of local muscle and ectopic endometrial glands showing complex hyperplasia without atypia, consistent with estrogen stimulation. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically intestinal endometriosis of the transverse colon with intramural (muscularis propria) localization.
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- Pathogenesis of Bowel Endometriosis 2020
- Epidemiology of Bowel Endometriosis 2020
- Bowel endometriosis: diagnosis and management 2017
- Diagnostic and treatment guidelines for gastrointestinal and genitourinary endometriosis 2017
- Apport de l'échoendoscopie rectale au bilan d'extension de l'endométriose profonde. Diagnostic positif et topographie des atteintes digestives 2007
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