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.
Chaer
Rabih
R
Department of Surgery, The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, IL 60612, USA. rac9024@nyp.org
Sam
Albert
A
Teresi
Miguel
M
Cintron
Jose
J
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