Endometriosis is a common condition with a rare malignant potential. We report a case of a patient with a colon mass who underwent surgery for malignant endometriosis associated cancer.Case: A …
Background Bowel endometriosis is one of the more severe manifestations of deep endometriosis; it may cause pain and intestinal symptoms. The non-invasive diagnosis of bowel endometriosis is of crucial importance …
Endometriosis is a common condition impacting individuals assigned female at birth. Though incompletely understood, the disorder is caused by endometrial-like tissue located outside of the endometrial cavity, associated with inflammation …
The prevalence of deep endometriosis invading the bowel is unknown but has been estimated to affect between 3.8% and 37% of women with endometriosis. The most common locations of bowel …
Background/Objectives: Bowel endometriosis (BE) is characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue within the muscular layer of the bowel wall. When BE does not result in the severe obstruction to …
Large bowel obstruction is most commonly due to colorectal carcinoma, diverticular disease or volvulus. Rare causes of large bowel obstruction like endometriosis may occur in premenopausal women and diagnosis of …
The study aims to assess the impact of bowel preparation on MRI scans in diagnosing rectosigmoid endometriosis (RSE) and to examine the level of agreement among investigators, including radiologists and …
To report our 3-year institutional experience of total laparoscopic (TL) segmental sigmoid colon/rectal resection for treatment of bowel endometriosis (BE).
Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. The eradication of non-gynecological localizations represents the real surgical challenge. A 29-year-old woman underwent …