title: Intestinal obstruction secondary to endometriosis: a rare case of synchronous bowel localization.
abstract: Although endometriosis is a common disease in women of childbearing age, intestinal endometriosis is unusual and may cause clinically significant complications. We report a 35-year-old woman with endometriosis involving the ileocaecal junction and rectum who presented with intestinal obstruction. She was operated with a preoperative diagnosis of malignancy. The diagnosis of endometriosis was made only after histological examination of the resected specimen. Intestinal endometriosis has a diverse clinical spectrum, with nonspecific features in many patients. In female patients who have unexplained digestive complaints, endometriosis should also be considered in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, NHS Trust Horton Hospital, 26 Mile End Place, London E1 4BH, UK. g.preziosi@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Preziosi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cristaldi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Angelini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000601:surgery