Laparoscopic management of a small bowel obstruction caused by an endometriotic focus.

Laparoscopic management of a small bowel obstruction caused by an endometriotic focus. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2019 Oct 02;111: Authors: Laiz Díez B, García Muñoz-Najar A, Durán Poveda M Abstract Endometriosis is the presence of extra-uterine endometrial tissue and affects 6-10% of fertile women. In 3-37% of the cases it affects the gastrointestinal tract being the ileal location extremely infrequent. Symptoms are nonspecific, debuting as intestinal obstruction in 7-23% of cases. The definitive diagnosis is anatomopathological and the treatment in these cases of acute abdomen is surgery. We attach the present case due to its rarity, it is a young asymptomatic woman who debuts with a picture of intestinal obstruction that is treated by intestinal resection via laparoscopy confirming the endometriosis etiology. PMID: 31595762 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Rev Esp Enferm Dig Source Type: research