Appendicular endometriosis as a cause of acute abdomen
Villarreal-Peral, C.; Olvera-Gracida, L.; González-Maynes, M.ía.d.L.; Saucedo-Ruiz, G.
Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Mexico 79(8): 489-492
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9041 PMID: 21966846 Document Number: 653891
Endometriosis affects between 4 and 17% of women of reproductive age. The intestinal endometriosis affects 3 to 12% of women and is usually asymptomatic when it affects the subserosa or serosa; 0.7 to 2.5% of patients require surgical treatment for symptomatic lesions with diarrhea, constipation, pain and hematochezia. We report a case of a patient with appendiceal endometriosis in which the diagnosis was made during an emergency surgery and histopathology reported involvement of the muscle wall and serosa.