Judit Albareda1, Manuel Victor Albi2, Grevelyn Sosa3, Ana Cano2, Manuel Emilio Macello4, Beatriz Albi Martin5. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: jalbareda@fhalcorcon.es. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain. 3. Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain. 4. Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain. 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Bowel endometriosis is an uncommon disease that can cause serious complications and may require immediate medical attention. We wish to remind about bowel perforation caused by endometriosis, its diagnostic difficulty, and the need or urgent management in late pregnancy and puerperium. CASE REPORT: We present a 38-year-old woman, which presented with bowel perforation requiring urgent surgery. A pathological exam disclosed deep ileal infiltrative endometriosis. CONCLUSION: Even though bowel endometriosis is a rare complication, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of severe abdominal pain in late pregnancy or puerperium. A multidisciplinary management of these patients is needed.
OBJECTIVE:Bowel endometriosis is an uncommon disease that can cause serious complications and may require immediate medical attention. We wish to remind about bowel perforation caused by endometriosis, its diagnostic difficulty, and the need or urgent management in late pregnancy and puerperium. CASE REPORT: We present a 38-year-old woman, which presented with bowel perforation requiring urgent surgery. A pathological exam disclosed deep ileal infiltrative endometriosis. CONCLUSION: Even though bowel endometriosis is a rare complication, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of severe abdominal pain in late pregnancy or puerperium. A multidisciplinary management of these patients is needed.