Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Endometriosis Affecting the Appendix in a Patient With a Virgin Abdomen.
A 62-year-old otherwise healthy Caucasian female patient presented to the emergency department with a one-day history of severe abdominal pain, accompanied by nausea and non-bloody emesis. She did not report …
FAP+ activated fibroblasts are detectable in the microenvironment of endometriosis and correlate with stroma composition and infiltrating CD8+ and CD68+ cells.
Do activated fibroblasts expressing fibroblast activation protein-α (FAP) - which is traceable in positron emission topography/computed topography (PET/CT) - play a role in the microenvironment of endometriosis?
Appendiceal Intussusception: A Rare Diagnosis and the Role of Imaging in Its Detection.
Appendiceal intussusception is a rare condition characterized by the invagination of the appendix into the base of the cecum. In some cases, this condition can lead to obstruction, ischemia, and …
Acute appendicitis due to appendiceal endometriosis: Two case report and literature review.
Appendiceal endometriosis (AE) is a rare condition, with a prevalence ranging from 0.05 % to 1.7 % in patients with endometriosis. It represents <1 % of cases of acute appendicitis …