| Autor: |
L, Abbo, D, Segre, E, Liberatore, I, Emmolo, C, Rosso, M, Landra, M, Occelli, L, Quaranta |
| Rok vydání: |
1995 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Minerva chirurgica. 50(4) |
| ISSN: |
0026-4733 |
| Popis: |
The term endometriosis means the presence in an ectopic site of normal functioning endometrial tissue, the ectopic endometrial tissue, as the normal uterine mucosa, undergo hormonal stimulation and follow the proliferative and functional changes along the menstrual course; this evolution, characterize the clinical story of patients affected by endometriosis. Endometriosis is considered to be one of the most common gynecologic disorders, occurring in about 10% of women in fertile age. An involvement of adjacent organs such as the pelvic colon and rectum by endometriosis is not uncommon and may cause symptoms difficult to distinguish from malignant or inflammatory disease located in the pelvic region. The purpose of the following case report is to elucidate certain diagnostic and therapeutic problems of a disease concerning both the surgeon and gynecologists. Our case concerns a 44 year old patient with two children and a negative previous clinical gynecological history; the patients reports the occurrence in the last two years of alterations of colic evacuation consisting in a period of constipation lasting 5-7 days. The patient reached us in emergency with a sub-occlusive state that has lasted for 5 days, in the last 12 hours the appearance of a violent trafictive pain referred to the lower abdomen configure the clinical picture of a acute abdomen. The patient underwent surgery and the laparotomy demonstrated the presence of a perforated tumours located at the recto-sigmoid junction. We proceed to perform an Hartman's resection and a right ovariectomy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
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