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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- [Laparoscopic surgery of deep endometriosis. About 118 cases] 2006
- Evidence for asymmetric distribution of lower intestinal tract endometriosis 2004
- Accuracy of rectal endoscopic ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of rectal involvement for patients presenting with deeply infiltrating endometriosis 2004
- Oclusión intestinal baja de instauración aguda como forma rara de presentación de endometriosis 2001
- Endometriosis of the intestinal tract: a study of 44 cases of a disease that may cause diverse challenges in clinical and pathologic evaluation 2001
- 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
- Intestinal endometriosis masquerading as common digestive disorders 1995
- Mucosal changes in the large bowel with endometriosis: a possible cause of misdiagnosis of colitis? 1994
- Small bowel endometriosis masquerading as regional enteritis 1994
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