A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel

Endometriosis of the small bowel is a rare clinical event. The clinical condition presents with vague abdominal symptoms and is usually not diagnosed acutely, unless clinicians have a high index of suspicion. Most patients are diagnosed after multiple clinical encounters. We present a case of endome...

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Autores principales: Zepeda, Moisés R., Win, Su K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8128537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6676855
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description Endometriosis of the small bowel is a rare clinical event. The clinical condition presents with vague abdominal symptoms and is usually not diagnosed acutely, unless clinicians have a high index of suspicion. Most patients are diagnosed after multiple clinical encounters. We present a case of endometriosis causing small bowel obstruction diagnosed postsurgically.
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spelling pubmed-81285372021-05-26 A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel Zepeda, Moisés R. Win, Su K. Case Rep Pathol Case Report Endometriosis of the small bowel is a rare clinical event. The clinical condition presents with vague abdominal symptoms and is usually not diagnosed acutely, unless clinicians have a high index of suspicion. Most patients are diagnosed after multiple clinical encounters. We present a case of endometriosis causing small bowel obstruction diagnosed postsurgically. Hindawi 2021-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8128537/ /pubmed/34046234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6676855 Text en Copyright © 2021 Moisés R. Zepeda and Su K. Win. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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