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[Appendicular endometriosis as a cause of acute abdomen]
Claudia Villarreal-Peral1, Leonardo Olvera-Gracida, María de Lourdes González-Maynes
1Hospital General Rincón de Romos, Aguascalientes, México.
Abstract:
Endometriosis affects between 4 and 17% of women of reproductive age. The intestinal endometriosis affects 3 to 12% of women and is usually asymptomatic when it affects the subserosa or serosa; 0.7 to 2.5% of patients require surgical treatment for symptomatic lesions with diarrhea, constipation, pain and hematochezia. We report a case of a patient with appendiceal endometriosis in which the diagnosis was made during an emergency surgery and histopathology reported involvement of the muscle wall and serosa.
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