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Endometriosis of the intestines

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Of 360 cases of endometriosis encountered during a 20-year period at St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, there were 35 patients with endometrial involvement of the intestinal tract. Of these, 21 had involvement of the pelvic colon and rectum.

The preoperative diagnosis is sometimes difficult to make, and in only three of our seven patients was the correct diagnosis made prior to resection.

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  1. From the Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

    Francis J. Burns M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 17 to 19. 1967.

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Burns, F.J. Endometriosis of the intestines. Dis Colon Rectum 10, 344–346 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617015

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