EXTRA PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS: DOUBLE ILEAL AND ILEO-CAECAL LOCALIZATION REVEALED BY ACUTE SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION, A CLINICAL CASE

O. Belkouchi, L. Belkouchi, S. Najem , O. Arsalan ,, Z. Elmouatassim, , A. Zahraoui , L. Ifrine , O. Elmalki And A. Belkouchi
2023 · doi:10.5281/zenodo.7980416 · W6932153444
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This clinical case describes a young woman with chronic, nonspecific abdominal pain who later presented with acute small-bowel obstruction caused by rare double ileal and ileocecal endometriosis. Computed tomography showed ileocecal thickening, and laparoscopic ileocecal resection both treated the obstruction and excised tumors in the terminal ileum and cecum; histopathological examination established their endometriotic nature. The initially difficult diagnosis reflected the nonspecific symptoms and the rarity of this localization. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — an unusual extra-pelvic double ileal and ileocecal presentation revealed by acute intestinal obstruction.

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Endometriosis is a frequent pathology in women, the double ileo-caecal localization is extremely rare. Given the non-specific nature of the clinical symptoms, the diagnosis of this pathology was initially disconcerting. We report the case of a young patient, presenting chronic abdominal pain.Even though she didseveral medical consultations, the diagnosis was not possible given the non-specific character of the symptomatology. Our patient was admitted to our department for an acute small bowel obstruction.The abdominal CT scan was in favor of an ileo-caecalthickening. An ileo-caecal resection was performed by laparoscopy, thus solving the problem of surgical emergency andachieving complete excision of a double tumor of the terminal ileum and the caecum. The endometriotic nature was revealed by the anatomopathologicalanalysis of the surgical specimen.
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EXTRA PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS: DOUBLE ILEAL AND ILEO-CAECAL LOCALIZATION REVEALED BY ACUTE SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION, A CLINICAL CASE Authors/Creators - 1. Department of Surgery A, Ibn Sina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco. - 2. Department of ER Radiology, Ibn Sina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco. - 3. Department of Gastroenterology, Ibn Sina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco. - 4. Department of Medical Oncology, National institute of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco. Description Endometriosis is a frequent pathology in women, the double ileo-caecal localization is extremely rare. Given the non-specific nature of the clinical symptoms, the diagnosis of this pathology was initially disconcerting. We report the case of a young patient, presenting chronic abdominal pain.Even though she didseveral medical consultations, the diagnosis was not possible given the non-specific character of the symptomatology. Our patient was admitted to our department for an acute small bowel obstruction.The abdominal CT scan was in favor of an ileo-caecalthickening. An ileo-caecal resection was performed by laparoscopy, thus solving the problem of surgical emergency andachieving complete excision of a double tumor of the terminal ileum and the caecum. The endometriotic nature was revealed by the anatomopathologicalanalysis of the surgical specimen. Files 12.pdf Files (325.7 kB) | Name | Size | Download all | |---|---|---| | md5:ca0f18630554b05a76b578233742fb8d | 325.7 kB | Preview Download |

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