Acute intestinal obstruction caused by endometriosis mimicking sigmoid carcinoma

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 376-378

  De Bree, E ^a   Schoretsanitis, G ^a   Melissas, J ^a   Christodoulakis, M ^a   Tsiftsis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colon carcinoma; Endometriosis; Intestinal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; COLON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; SIGMOID DISEASES; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031663681     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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