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Endometriosis of the small intestine, producing intestinal obstruction or simulating neoplasm

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Although endometriosis involves the small intestine only rarely, when present, this condition may stimulate a neoplasm clinically by producing intestinal obstruction or by forming a mass lesion. Five cases of ileal endometriosis are reported in this study. Three had produced localized intramural masses, resembling a neoplasm; one of these had also caused partial intestinal obstruction. Two other patients had diffuse involvement of a segment of ileum with mural thickening and luminal narrowing, leading to obstruction. The literature on small bowel endometriosis is reviewed and the clinical and pathological features are discussed.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Division of Surgical Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, 10032, New York, NY

    Virginia A. LiVolsi MD & Karl H. Perzin MD

  2. Surgical Pathology Service, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

    Virginia A. LiVolsi MD & Karl H. Perzin MD

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Supported in part by National Cancer Institute Traineeship Grant 5 T01 CA05107-11 (Dr. LiVolsi).

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LiVolsi, V.A., Perzin, K.H. Endometriosis of the small intestine, producing intestinal obstruction or simulating neoplasm. Digest Dis Sci 19, 100–108 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01072618

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