Endometriosis of the Small Bowel: A Diagnostic Enigma

Endometriosis refers to the implantation and proliferation of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Small bowel endometriosis is an uncommon location for endometrial deposits and when present, it can pose diagnostic difficulty. Here, we present a case of a 50-year-old female with small bowel endome...

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Autores principales: Mehmood, Saqib, Zhao, Sarah, Ain, Quratul, Van Dellen, Jonathan, Beggan, Caitlin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8265278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34268046
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15520
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author Mehmood, Saqib
Zhao, Sarah
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Beggan, Caitlin
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description Endometriosis refers to the implantation and proliferation of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Small bowel endometriosis is an uncommon location for endometrial deposits and when present, it can pose diagnostic difficulty. Here, we present a case of a 50-year-old female with small bowel endometriosis who suffered from recurrent attacks of colicky abdominal pain for few months. Her cross-sectional investigations remained largely inconclusive. Ultimately, she underwent diagnostic laparoscopy which was diagnostic and therapeutic.
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spelling pubmed-82652782021-07-14 Endometriosis of the Small Bowel: A Diagnostic Enigma Mehmood, Saqib Zhao, Sarah Ain, Quratul Van Dellen, Jonathan Beggan, Caitlin Cureus Radiology Endometriosis refers to the implantation and proliferation of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Small bowel endometriosis is an uncommon location for endometrial deposits and when present, it can pose diagnostic difficulty. Here, we present a case of a 50-year-old female with small bowel endometriosis who suffered from recurrent attacks of colicky abdominal pain for few months. Her cross-sectional investigations remained largely inconclusive. Ultimately, she underwent diagnostic laparoscopy which was diagnostic and therapeutic. Cureus 2021-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8265278/ /pubmed/34268046 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15520 Text en Copyright © 2021, Mehmood et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Endometriosis of the Small Bowel: A Diagnostic Enigma
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