Endometriosis of the Terminal Ileum: A Diagnostic Dilemma | Zendy

Kerem Karaman | Zendy; Emel Ebru Pala | Zendy; Ümit Bayol | Zendy; Özlem Akman | Zendy; Mustafa Ölmez | Zendy; Saime Ünlüoğlu | Zendy; Şafak Öztürk | Zendy

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Endometriosis of the Terminal Ileum: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Author(s) -

Kerem Karaman,

Emel Ebru Pala,

Ümit Bayol,

Özlem Akman,

Mustafa Ölmez,

Saime Ünlüoğlu,

Şafak Öztürk

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6781

pISSN - 2090-679X

DOI - 10.1155/2012/742035

Subject(s) - endometriosis , medicine , ileum , pathological , terminal ileum , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , stroma , disease , uterus , gastroenterology , radiology , immunohistochemistry

Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue consisting of glands and/or stroma located outside the uterus. Involvement of the terminal ileum is extremely rare. Preoperative distinction of ileal endometriosis from other diseases of the ileocecal region is difficult in terms of clinical presentation, symptomatology, radiological appearance, and surgical and pathological findings. We report a case initially diagnosed as Crohn's disease due to a longstanding diarrhea with subsequent intestinal obstruction, but finally diagnosed as ileal endometriosis by histopathological evaluation after resection of the involved segment.

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