title: Appendiceal endometriosis presenting as perforated appendicitis: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: While endometriosis is a common disorder in women of reproductive age, appendiceal endometriosis accounts for less than 1% of all pelvic endometriotic lesions. Involvement at this site may present as acute appendicitis and be diagnosed only upon postoperative histopathologic examination. We report such an occurrence of appendiceal endometriosis in a 40-year-old woman who presented with acute perforated appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey. akbulutsami@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akbulut
authors.forename: Polat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kocbiyik
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harman
authors.forename: Sinasi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sevmis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans