title: [Polypoid endometriosis of the colon diagnosed using endoscopic biopsy].
abstract: A case of colonic endometriosis in a 32 year-old woman in presented. We comment the clinical presentation, with rectal hemorrhages as the only symptom; the involvement of the colonic mucosa in the form of a polypoid lesion and the finding of endometrium in the mucosal biopsy. These exceptional coincidences made the pathological diagnosis possible in the tissue obtained by the endoscopic biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Xeral de Vigo, Pontevedra.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oliver Morales
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernández Martín
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García Villa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Novoa Morón
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Endometriosis polipoide de colon diagnosticada mediante biopsia endoscópica.