Rectal and small-bowel endometriosis

Metachronic malignant transformation of small bowel and rectal endometriosis in the same patient

BACKGROUND Malignant transformation of intestinal endometriosis is a rare event with an unknown rate of incidence. Metachronous progression of endometriosis to adenocarcinoma from two distant intestinal foci happening in the same patient has not been previously reported. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of metachronic transformation of ileal and rectal endometriosis into an adenocarcinoma...

Bowel endometriosis treated with simultaneous ileocecal and rectal resection

A 43-year-old female noticed hematochezia and lower-right abdominal pain during menstruation. Her family doctor detected a mass by computed tomography at the ileocecum. She was referred to our hospital and colonoscopy was performed. We observed extrinsic pressure resulting in mucosal change at the ileocecum. We also observed a submucosal tumor-like lesion at the rectosigmoid. We performed biops...

A case of small bowel obstruction secondary to intestinal endometriosis

Introduction: Endometriosis is a common condition in young females. It can affect various organs and present in a number of ways. Intestinal endometriosis can cause serious complications including small bowel obstruction. Case report: We report the case of a 39-year-old female who had repeated presentations to the emergency department with cyclical right iliac fossa pain caused by intestinal en...

Malignant degeneration of rectal endometriosis.

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a relatively common disease among women with child-bearing potential, and rare before puberty or following menopause. It consists of the presence of hormone-responsive endometrium outside the endometrial cavity. CASE REPORT We report the case of a patient with a rectal lesion, initially approached as a primary rectal malignancy, where histopathology eventually reve...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma