INTRODUCTION Endometriosis is a benign condition affecting females of reproductive age. Although intestinal endometriosis is common, it is rarely manifested as an acute bowel obstruction secondary to ileal endometriosis. Enteric endometriosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis when assessing females of reproductive age with acute small bowel obstruction. CASE OUTLINE A 41-year-o...

BACKGROUND Intestinal endometriosis is a common benign disease among menstruating women that affects the intestinal tract. CASE PRESENTATION This case report presents seven Japanese cases of intestinal endometriosis with colorectal cancer treated by laparoscopic surgery. Five of the seven cases reported here are women presenting with bowel obstruction due to colorectal endometriosis with colo...

OBJECTIVE Many women with endometriosis experience significant delay between the onset of symptoms and definitive diagnosis. Much is published on physician awareness of endometriosis and on the experiences of women with the condition. There is a paucity of data, however, surrounding perceptions of endometriosis in the general population. This study aims to assess knowledge of endometriosis amon...

Primary umbilical endometriosis is a rare disorder and is defined as the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue within the umbilicus. A patient with painful mass in the umbilicus during menstrual period is studied in this paper. The possibility of subcutaneous endometriosis should be considered when an umbilical mass is detected despite the absence of previous surgery. In this case, urachal can...

Endometriosis is a common disease generally, but appendiceal endometriosis causing acute appendicitis is a very uncommon clinical phenomenon and a few cases have been reported. The authors aim to highlight the rarity of such clinical entity in Nigeria. A 29 year old nulliparous woman presented with severe right iliac fossa pains, tenderness and rebound tenderness on her second day of menstruati...

INTRODUCTION Primary umbilical endometriosis a rare case. It is mostly seen in women in the reproductive age group. CASE REPORT In this case report, a 38 year old woman is discussed who received antibiotherapy for omphalitis diagnosis established due to many complaints of umbilical secretion but who was diagnosed with primary umbilical endometriosis after histopathological examination. CONC...

Background and Aims: This research aimed to study a possible link between endometriosis and polymorphism of the progesterone receptor gene. Materials and Methods: The control group consisted of 86 women without endometriosis and the case group comprised 86 patients with a diagnosis of endometriosis by laparoscopy. Genotypes for Alu insertion polymorphisms (A1/A1, A1/A2 and A2/A2) were descri...

Endometriosis of the urinary bladder is uncommon and malignant transformation of bladder endometriosis is extremely rare. These malignant tumours can cause problems in differential diagnosis with bladder tumours. This report illustrates an interesting case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder, which illustrates the difficulties in diagnosis and the importance of morphology and ...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis nodes are observed in extra pelvic locations, particularly in gynaecological scars, with the abdominal wall being one of the most frequent locations. The main objective of the study is to review patient characteristics of cases of endometriosis nodes in gynaecological scars. METHODS A retrospective, observational and descriptive study with a cohort of patients from Ho...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic significance of CA-125 for endometriosis without ovarian endometriomas. METHODS Preoperative serum CA-125 levels were measured in 775 consecutive women diagnosed by laparoscopy or laparotomy with endometriosis, adenomyosis, leiomyomas, or normal pelvis. RESULTS Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the ...