Endometrioma of the large bowel

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 767-769

  Kanthimathinathan, Venkata ^a,b   Elakkary, Ehab ^a,b   Bleibel, Wissam ^c   Kuwajerwala, Nafisa ^a,b   Conjeevaram, Srinivasulu ^a,b   Tootla, Farouk ^a  

^a Doctors Hospital of Michigan   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding per rectum; Endometrioma; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTESTINE SURGERY; LARGE INTESTINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847208528     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9623-1     Document Type: Article

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