Endometriosis of the intestinal tract: A study of 44 cases of a disease that may cause diverse challenges in clinical and pathologic evaluation

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 445-454

  Yantiss, Rhonda K ^a,b   Clement, Philip B ^a,b   Young, Robert H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colitis; Endometriosis; Enteritis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intestinal tract

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE CARCINOMA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE STENOSIS; INTESTINE ULCER; IRRITABLE COLON; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOMA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SUBMUCOSA;

ABSCESS; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CARCINOMA; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035068449     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200104000-00003     Document Type: Article

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