Rectosigmoid endometriosis: diagnosis and surgical management

Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 1998;25(3):94-6.

Abstract

The recurrence of endometriosis varies from 6% to 10% and, among the non-gynaecological sites, the bowel is involved in 12%-37%. Various symptoms, such as dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain, diarrhoea, constipation, cyclic rectal bleeding, colic-abdominal pain up to intestinal occlusion characterize this pathology. Surgery seems to be the best treatment especially for gastrointestinal symptoms; conservative surgery should be performed, particularly in young patients. Four cases of intestinal endometriosis were reevaluated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Diseases / pathology
  • Colonic Diseases / surgery*
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Dyspareunia
  • Endometriosis / diagnosis*
  • Endometriosis / pathology
  • Endometriosis / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Menstrual Cycle
  • Middle Aged
  • Pelvic Pain
  • Sigmoid Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Sigmoid Diseases / pathology
  • Sigmoid Diseases / surgery*