scholarly journals Intestinal endometriosis: Clinical reflections

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (Suppl 3) ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Jinushi ◽  
Atsushi Arakawa ◽  
Toshiharu Matsumoto ◽  
Jun Kumakiri ◽  
Mari Kitade ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Annemarie B. Lüchinger ◽  
Milou P.H. Busard ◽  
Velja Mijatovic ◽  
Jan Hein T.M. van Waesberghe ◽  
Chris J. Mulder ◽  
...  

Purpose Intestinal bowel endometriosis is reported in up to 37% of women with proven endometriosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate by colonoscopy and magnetic resonance imaging, patients suspected of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) including the bowel wall that presented with cyclic hematochezia. Methods Twenty-four patients with cyclic hematochezia were retrospectively analyzed on colonoscopic features of colonoscopy, corresponding biopsy data, and outcome of magnetic resonance imaging evaluation. Fifteen out of 24 patients underwent bowel resection because of insufficient response to hormonal treatment (N=14) or obstructive ileus (N=1). Outcome of surgery and histologic examination of the resected specimens were evaluated. Results Colonoscopy proved intestinal endometriosis in only one out of 24 (4%) patients with cyclic hematochezia. In 13 out of 15 bowel resections endometriosis was found at histopathology. The location and dimension of lesions during surgery correlated well with magnetic resonance imaging findings. However, magnetic resonance imaging revealed a limited capacity to detect luminal narrowing of the bowel. Conclusions This study shows that colonoscopic findings of bowel endometriosis are aspecific. Colonoscopy, an invasive investigation, should therefore not be performed to diagnose endometriosis infiltrating the bowel wall. Magnetic resonance imaging provides good diagnostic work-up and in selected patients a roadmap to surgery.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. S206-S207
Author(s):  
A. Shirane ◽  
Y. Hamasaki ◽  
M. Andou ◽  
M. Sawada

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 351-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuro Tominaga ◽  
Daisuke Fukuda ◽  
Hiroaki Takeshita ◽  
Kazuo To ◽  
Takafumi Abo ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 1211-1218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmencita Rojas-Cartagena ◽  
Caroline B. Appleyard ◽  
Olga I. Santiago ◽  
Idhaliz Flores

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (18) ◽  
pp. 2595-2599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Torralba-Morón ◽  
Maria Urbanowicz ◽  
Carolina Ibarrola-De Andres ◽  
Guadalupe Lopez-Alonso ◽  
Francisco Colina-Ruizdelgado ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Soo Kim ◽  
Hyuk Hur ◽  
Byung Soh Min ◽  
Hoguen Kim ◽  
Seung-Kook Sohn ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 120 (15) ◽  
pp. 1381-1382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-wei FU ◽  
Lan ZHU ◽  
Jing-he LANG

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