A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel
Endometriosis of the small bowel is a rare clinical event. The clinical condition presents with vague abdominal symptoms and is usually not diagnosed acutely, unless clinicians have a high index of suspicion. Most patients are diagnosed after multiple clinical encounters. We present a case of endome...
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| description | Endometriosis of the small bowel is a rare clinical event. The clinical condition presents with vague abdominal symptoms and is usually not diagnosed acutely, unless clinicians have a high index of suspicion. Most patients are diagnosed after multiple clinical encounters. We present a case of endometriosis causing small bowel obstruction diagnosed postsurgically. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eddda055bb46483a83710e7db7f280252025-02-03T01:21:26ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66768556676855A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small BowelMoisés R. Zepeda0Su K. Win1Department of Pathology, Alhambra Hospital Medical Center, 100 S. Raymond Avenue Alhambra, CA 91801, USADepartment of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport, LA 71103, USAEndometriosis of the small bowel is a rare clinical event. The clinical condition presents with vague abdominal symptoms and is usually not diagnosed acutely, unless clinicians have a high index of suspicion. Most patients are diagnosed after multiple clinical encounters. We present a case of endometriosis causing small bowel obstruction diagnosed postsurgically.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6676855 |
| spellingShingle | Moisés R. Zepeda Su K. Win A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel Case Reports in Pathology |
| title | A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel |
| title_full | A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel |
| title_short | A Rare Case of Endometriosis of the Small Bowel |
| title_sort | rare case of endometriosis of the small bowel |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6676855 |
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