Intestinal obstruction due to ileal endometriosis: A case report and literature review
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Endometriosis, obstrucción intestinalAbstract
Small bowel obstruction is one of the most common abdominal urgencies seen in the emergency room. It is a syndromedue to many causes,a particularly rare one is intestinal envol-vement by endometriotic tissue which occurs in up to 37% ofpatients with endometriosis. The vast majority of patients donot experience symptoms related to the gastrointestinal tract.We present here the case of a 34-year-old woman with intes-tinal obstruction secondary to endometriosis. She underwentsurgical resection with primary anastomosis. Pathologic evaluation showed extensive endometriosis of the small bowelwhich resulted in complete obstruction of the lumen. Posto-peratively,the patient recovered slowly and required an ileos-tomy due to dehiscence of the anastomosis. This report illu-minates the rare, yet significant,complications of intestinale n d o metriosis ,including small bowel obstruction. One should consider the possibility of intestinal endometriosis in the differential diagnosis of bowel obstruction in women of childbearing age.
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