Endometriosis and the gut.
This paper describes six patients with intestinal endometriosis, highlighting diagnostic challenges due to varied symptoms and its potential misdiagnosis as inflammatory or neoplastic processes.
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- Traitement cœlioscopique de l'endométriose profonde. À propos de 118 cas 2006
- REVIEW: Evidence for asymmetric distribution of lower intestinal tract endometriosis 2004
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- Oclusión intestinal baja de instauración aguda como forma rara de presentación de endometriosis 2001
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- Results and role of rectal endoscopic ultrasonography for patients with deep pelvic endometriosis 1998
- Bowel resection for intestinal endometriosis 1998
- Endoluminal ultrasound diagnosis and operative management of rectal endometriosis 1997
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