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PERFORATION OF THE SIGMOID COLON DURING PREGNANCY: A RARE COMPLICATION OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
Author(s) -
Clement P. B.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12644.x
Subject(s) - endometriosis , sigmoid colon , decidualization , medicine , complication , pregnancy , perforation , surgery , obstetrics , gynecology , rectum , endometrium , biology , materials science , metallurgy , punching , genetics
Summary Perforation of the sigmoid colon in a 28‐year‐old woman during the 37th week of pregnancy is reported. There was almost complete replacement of the bowel wall by endometriotic tissue showing extensive decidualization of its stroma. This appears to be a very rare complication of endometriosis and the effects of pregnancy upon endometriosis are briefly reviewed.