Incomplete Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Isolated Ileal Endometriosis: A Mimic of Tuberculosis

Agarwal, Kiran; Sehgal, Shivali; Bargotya, Mona

doi:10.1007/s13224-015-0789-3

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“…Luminal stenosis is usually located within 10 cm from the ileocecal valve [ 11 ]. Differential diagnoses of luminal stenosis are tuberculosis, Crohn’s disease, adenocarcinoma, lymphoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, and carcinoid tumor [ 2 , 12 ]. Histological diagnosis is straightforward by identification of endometriotic foci [ 5 ].…”

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Ileal obstruction caused by transmural endometriosis in a patient with simultaneous C. difficile colitis and Influenza AH1N1. Case report

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et al. 2020

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

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Highlights Bowel obstruction or intestinal occlusion caused by endometriosis is very rare. Endometriotic nodules induce luminal stenosis and ileal obstruction. Transmural endometriosis infiltrates the four layers of the intestinal wall. Diagnosis is established through pathological and immunohistochemical analysis. The treatment of choice is bowel resection via laparoscopy or laparotomy.

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