Colonic obstruction due to rectal endometriosis: Report of a case

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-51

  Yildirim, Sedat ^a   Nursal, Tarik Z ^a   Tarim, Akin ^a   Torer, Nurkan ^a   Bal, Nebil ^a   Yildirim, Tülin ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Intestinal obstruction; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VOMITING;

BIOPSY; COLONIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17644371359     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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