Intestinal Obstruction Secondary to Endometriosis. Case Report

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Published: 2025-05-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51987/Rev.Hosp.Ital.B.Aires.v45i2.434
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Intestinal endometriosis, Intestinal occlusion, Acute abdomen, Exploratory laparoscopy

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Federico Suldrup
Servicio de Cirugía General. Hospital Italiano. Argentina
Candela Echezarreta
Servicio de Cirugía General. Hospital Italiano. Argentina
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0591-8055
Pedro V. Uad
Servicio de Cirugía General. Hospital Italiano. Argentina
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5898-0799

Abstract

We present the case of a 56-year-old female patient who consulted for abdominal pain associated with distension, nausea, vomiting, and absence of gas elimination. Complementary laboratory and imaging studies confirmed the suspicion of intestinal occlusion. Subsequent exploratory laparoscopy confirmed the presence of a stenosing tumor close to the ileocecal valve, whose pathology proved to be gastrointestinal endometriosis.


Gastrointestinal endometriosis, although rare, can produce a picture of an acute abdomen and, for its diagnosis, requires a high index of suspicion. Therapeutic management included resection of the affected segment with intestinal anastomosis.

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Vol. 45 No. 2 (2025): Revista del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

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Suldrup F, Echezarreta C, Uad PV. Intestinal Obstruction Secondary to Endometriosis. Case Report. Rev. Hosp. Ital. B.Aires [Internet]. 2025 May 29 [cited 2025 Oct. 26];45(2):e0000434. Available from: https://ojs.hospitalitaliano.org.ar/index.php/revistahi/article/view/434

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