Mota Laís Marques, Hirsch Bruno Salomão, Seligman Renato
Graduated in Internal Medicine by Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350 Santa Cecília, Porto Alegre 96020-700, RS, Brazil.
Graduated in Gastroenterology by Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350 Santa Cecília, Porto Alegre 96020-700, RS, Brazil.
Case Rep Med. 2020 Jul 29;2020:7014107. doi: 10.1155/2020/7014107. eCollection 2020.
Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, with 1-7% prevalence in the female population. It is observed in various locations of the human body, and large bowel endometriosis is the most common extrapelvic site, affecting about 5 to 12% of all women who present endometriosis. This study aimed to report an interesting images related to stenosing large bowel endometriosis that was possible to be diagnosed only by surgical intervention. Hence, this pathology is a diagnostic challenge and should be remembered between differential diagnoses of nonspecific or even alarming symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract.
子宫内膜异位症的特征是子宫外存在子宫内膜组织，在女性人群中的患病率为1%-7%。它可出现在人体的各个部位，大肠子宫内膜异位症是最常见的盆腔外部位，在所有患子宫内膜异位症的女性中约占5%至12%。本研究旨在报告一例与狭窄性大肠子宫内膜异位症相关的有趣影像，该病例仅通过手术干预才得以诊断。因此，这种病理情况是一个诊断难题，在胃肠道非特异性甚至警示性症状的鉴别诊断中应予以考虑。
