Bowel endometriosis: a surgical red flag

Ketan Vagholkar, Arpit Murarka, Sandeeta Shetty, Suvarna Vagholkar
In: International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2017 · vol. 6(10) , pp. 4193 · doi:10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20174094 · W2751675239
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Bowel endometriosis presents diagnostic challenges due to varied symptoms and requires careful consideration of hormonal and surgical treatments based on clinical and radiological findings.

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This paper reviews bowel endometriosis by focusing on how its variable symptom patterns can create diagnostic dilemmas and emphasizes the need to understand pathophysiology, clinical features, and available diagnostic modalities. It frames management around two main approaches—hormonal manipulation and surgical resection—stating that the choice should be based on critical analysis of clinical and radiological findings, with attention to fertility desires in patients with associated infertility. The paper’s main limitation is that it is not presented as a primary empirical study with new patient data, but rather as a discussion of presentation, diagnosis, and treatment considerations. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically bowel endometriosis as a “surgical red flag.”

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Abstract

Endometriosis is a disease restricted usually to the female genital tract. Involvement of the bowel by this disease can lead to a diagnostic dilemma due to the great variation in the symptomatology. Awareness of the pathophysiology, clinical features and diagnostic modalities is of utmost importance to decide the modality of treatment. Hormonal manipulation and surgical resection are the two modalities of treatment. The choice depends upon critical analysis of clinical and radiological findings and the desire to have pregnancy in cases associated with infertility.

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