[Rectosigmoid endometriosis with lymph node involvement]
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This case report describes a rare instance of rectosigmoid endometriosis with lymph node involvement, supporting lymphatic dissemination as a potential cause of extrapelvic endometriosis.
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Endometriosis mainly affects women of a fertile age and is usually located in the pelvis. Extrapelvic involvement is less frequent. We present the case of a female patient with endometriosis of the rectosigmoid and mesenteric lymph nodes, which is an extremely rare finding. Although the most widely accepted theory of the pathogenesis of this disease postulates retrograde menstruation through the Fallopian tubes with subsequent implantation in the peritoneum, these findings support lymphatic dissemination of endometrial cells as a theory of pathogenesis in cases of extrapelvic involvement.
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- Recurrence of endometriosis after hysterectomy 2014
- Lymphatic spread of endometriosis to para-aortic nodes 2013
- Lymphatic spread of endometriosis to pelvic sentinel lymph nodes: a prospective clinical study 2011
- Endometriosis and regional lymph node involvement in a rat model 2011
- Immunohistochemical evaluation of endometriotic lesions and disseminated endometriosis-like cells in incidental lymph nodes of patients with endometriosis 2009
- Increased immunoreactivity to SLIT/ROBO1 in ovarian endometriomas: a likely constituent biomarker for recurrence 2009
- Acute small bowel obstruction caused by endometriosis: a case report and review of the literature 2008
- Lymph node involvement and lymphovascular invasion in deep infiltrating rectosigmoid endometriosis 2007
- A rare case of rectovaginal endometriosis with lymph node involvement 2006
- Deeply infiltrating endometriosis affecting the rectum and lymph nodes 2006
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