Endometriosis mimicking colonic stromal tumor.
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma at extra-uterine sites; it is a common disease affecting women of reproductive age. Endometrial tissue can implant itself to various organs, including the gastrointestinal tract, and can cause significant gastrointestinal symptoms. These ectopic endometrial tissue implants are usually located in the pelvis but can be present almost anywhere in the body. Endometriosis seems to be the most frequent cause of chronic pelvic pain in women of reproductive age and may cause prolonged suffering and disability that negatively affect health-related quality of life. We report a case in a generally healthy young female patient who presented for evaluation of diarrhea.
Department of Internal Medicine, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Vaibhav
V
Wadhwa
Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Eoin
E
Slattery
Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sagar
S
Garud
Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Saurabh
S
Sethi
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Helen
H
Wang
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Vitaliy Y
VY
Poylin
Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA tberzin@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Tyler M
TM
Berzin
endometriosis; gastrointestinal stromal tumor; pathology