Acute small bowel obstruction due to ileal endometriosis: a case report and review of the most recent literature
Unalp, H.Recai.; Akguner, T.; Yavuzcan, A.; Ekinci, N.
Vojnosanitetski Pregled 69(11): 1013-1016
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8450 PMID: 23311256 Document Number: 657643
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of benign endometrial glands and stroma outside the normal anatomical location. Endometriosis of the small bowel, especially symptomatic small bowel involvement, is very unusual. We presented a 45-year-old woman with acute intestinal obstruction due to ileal endometriosis The patient complained of severe abdominal pain, nausea and vomitting. Immediate laparotomy was carried out. Above the ileocecal valve there was an ulcerated, edematous and fragile segmental lesion that caused intestinal obstruction. Histology of this ileal segment revealed endometriosis and an annular stricture that again showed foci of endometriosis. In reproductive-age women with the symptoms of intestinal obstruction, intestinal endometriosis should be kept in mind.