Open AccessLaparoscopic management of a small bowel obstruction caused by an endometriotic focus
Author(s) -
Beatriz Laiz Díez,
Alejandro García Muñoz-Najar,
Manuel Durán Póveda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.6220/2019
Subject(s) - medicine , endometriosis , asymptomatic , etiology , laparoscopy , bowel resection , acute abdomen , abdomen , bowel obstruction , surgery , general surgery
Endometriosis is the presence of extra-uterine endometrial tissue and affects 6-10% of fertile women. In 3-37% of the cases it affects the gastrointestinal tract being the ileal location extremely infrequent. Symptoms are nonspecific, debuting as intestinal obstruction in 7-23% of cases. The definitive diagnosis is anatomopathological and the treatment in these cases of acute abdomen is surgery. We attach the present case due to its rarity, it is a young asymptomatic woman who debuts with a picture of intestinal obstruction that is treated by intestinal resection via laparoscopy confirming the endometriosis etiology.