Acute small bowel obstruction due to ileal endometriosis: a case report and literature review.
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This case report describes a young woman with acute small bowel obstruction caused by distal ileal endometriosis, which was successfully treated with surgical resection.
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A young women presented with non-resolving acute small bowel obstruction and was found to have a stricture in the distal ileum at laparotomy. Histologically this was due to endometriosis. Resection of the involved segment gave excellent results.
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