Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis: a case report.

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis: a case report. Med Ultrason. 2019 Aug 04;: Authors: Miwa T, Iwashita T, Aiba M, Kochi T, Toda K, Nakamura N, Katsumura N, Shimizu M Abstract Bowel endometriosis is a condition caused by endometrial glands and stroma infiltrating the bowel wall and reaching the subserous fat tissue or the adjacent subserous plexus. A 42-year-old woman with changes in stool habits, nausea, and stomach aches experienced complete obstruction in the rectum. Endoscopic ultrasound demonstrated a low echoic lesion outside the rectal mucosa and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration confirmed the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis. The clinical characteristics of bowel endometriosis are unspecific and this condition is sometimes misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other colorectal disorder. Our aim is to show that endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration might be helpful for bowel endometriosis diagnosis and exclusion of other malignant disease. PMID: 32190855 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medical Ultrasonography - Category: Radiology Tags: Med Ultrason Source Type: research