Perforation of the colon due to endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a common disease which affects the bowel in 12 to 35% of cases. Despite extensive serosal and intramural involvement, the intestinal mucosa usually remains intact and bowel perforation rarely occurs. We describe a patient with perforation of the sigmoid colon due to endometriosis. To our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported in the radiologic literature.
Goodman
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Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
Raval
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B
Zimmerman
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D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed