title: [Colorectal endometriosis].
abstract: The Authors present their experience from 1980 to 2001 in the treatment of 5 cases of endometriosis. The median age is 26.5 years, the symptomatology was the presence of abdominal pain feces mixed with blood in two patients and in three cases a colorectal localization as well as a pelvic endometriosis. In a case the Authors have treated the patient with a surgical approach and in the others with a medical therapy with LH-RH analogs. Pathogenesis, symptomatology, diagnostics, medical and surgical therapy of this disease are also analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e dei Trapianti d'Organo, Università degli Studi di Parma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sianesi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Del Rio
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Arcuri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dell'Abate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone