endometriosis is a common entity affecting females of reproductive age. Clinical manifestations are not specicfic, making the pre-operative diagnosis difficult to estasblish intestinal endometriosisis common, but ethiology is unknown. The complications of intestinal endometriosis include intestinal obstruction, perforation, hemorrhagic ascites, protein-losing enteropathy,anasarca and intussusception. We report a case of a young woman, 26 years old, that for 3 years had a conditioned life by monthly subocclusion due to a small-bowel obstruction for an ileo-cecal endometriosis. A high index of suspicion is required to have a diagnosis of this rare localizzaztion of endometriosis.
Ileo-colic endometriosis: A rare localizzation of a frequent disease. Case report
PORTALE, Teresa Rosanna;PULEO, Stefano
2013-01-01
Abstract
endometriosis is a common entity affecting females of reproductive age. Clinical manifestations are not specicfic, making the pre-operative diagnosis difficult to estasblish intestinal endometriosisis common, but ethiology is unknown. The complications of intestinal endometriosis include intestinal obstruction, perforation, hemorrhagic ascites, protein-losing enteropathy,anasarca and intussusception. We report a case of a young woman, 26 years old, that for 3 years had a conditioned life by monthly subocclusion due to a small-bowel obstruction for an ileo-cecal endometriosis. A high index of suspicion is required to have a diagnosis of this rare localizzaztion of endometriosis.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
