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.
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
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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