Postmenopausal intestinal obstructive endometriosis: Case report and review of the literature

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 190-193

  Popoutchi, Pedro ^a   dos Reis Lemos, Carlos Renato ^a   Silva, Julio César Rosa ^a   Nogueira, Antônio Alberto ^a   Feres, Omar ^a   da Rocha, José Joaquim Ribeiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endometriosis; Intestines; Postmenopause; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE ENDOMETRIOSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIQUID FECES; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROCTOLOGY; SIGMOIDECTOMY; TENESMUS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECTAL DISEASES; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 54149095578     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802008000300010     Document Type: Article

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