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Case Report
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Korean J Obstet Gynecol. 2005;48(6):1550-1554. Published online June 1, 2005.
- A Case of Recurrent Endometriosis with Rectal Invasion.
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Seung Sup Park, Seung Chul Kim, Byung Sup Shin, Do Yoon Park, Man Soo Yoon
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1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. msyoon@pusan.ac.kr
2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.
- Abstract
- Rectal invasion of endometriosis is unusal condition, since it represents an invasion of previously normal bowel by hormone-dependent nonmalignant cell from uterus of the same patient. It is estimated that the incidence of endometriosis is about 8-15% of reproductive women, of whom 3-34% show intestinal invasion of rectosigmoid colon, appendix, ileum, and cecum in order of decreasing frequency. We experienced a case of recurrent endometriosis with rectal invasion in 34-year-old female who had previously endometriosis. She had rectal bleeding with severe anemia and abdominal pain with palpable mass in cul-de-sac. We present the case with a brief review of literature.
Keywords :Endometriosis;Rectum
