Endometriosis-induced acute small and large bowel obstruction: rare clinical entities.
The extragonadal manifestations of intestinal endometriosis necessitating immediate abdominal surgical exploration are, to date, sparsely represented within the literature. We present two cases of acute complete small and large bowel obstruction secondary to endometriosis, requiring emergent laparotomy; and review the pertinent literature.
Department of Surgery, The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, IL 60612, USA. rac9024@nyp.org
Rabih
R
Chaer
Albert
A
Sam
Miguel
M
Teresi
Jose
J
Cintron
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology