Two Cases of Acute Abdominal Intestinal Endometriosis

Year 2017, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 46 - 48, 01.07.2017

Murat Özgür Kılıç , Serdar Gökay Terzioğlu Duriye Özer Türkay Servet Güreşçi Barış Saylam

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Two Cases of Acute Abdominal Intestinal Endometriosis

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Introduction: Gastrointestinal endometriosis is an uncommon form of extragenital endometriosis. The ileum and appendix are the most affected sites following the rectosigmoid region.Case Report: Clinicopathological findings, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic outcomes of two intestinal endometriosis patients who presented with acute abdomen findings were reviewed.Conclusion: Although intestinal endometriosis is often difficult to diagnose using imaging methods, cyclic symptomatology and a history of obstetric/gynecologic surgery should alert clinicians to consider this diagnosis. Surgery seems to be the best treatment option and mainly depends on the affected site and clinical presentation

Keywords

Acute appendicitis , acute bowel obstruction , intestinal endometriosis

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