Acute colonic occlusion over endometriosis: About a case

Abdelilah El Bakouri; Asmaa El Karouachi; Mounir Bouali; Ayoub Khouaja; Khalid Elhattabi; Fatimazahra Bensardi; Abdelaziz Fadil; Mehdi Karkouri

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.02.001

Acute colonic occlusion over endometriosis: About a case

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Mar:80:105615. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.02.001. Epub 2021 Feb 3.

Authors

Abdelilah El Bakouri¹, Asmaa El Karouachi², Mounir Bouali¹, Ayoub Khouaja³, Khalid Elhattabi¹, Fatimazahra Bensardi¹, Abdelaziz Fadil¹, Mehdi Karkouri³

Affiliations

¹ Visceral Surgery Emergency Department, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco; Faculty of Medecine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
² Visceral Surgery Emergency Department, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco; Faculty of Medecine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco. Electronic address: dr.elkarouachi@gmail.com.
³ Anatomopathology Department, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco; Faculty of Medecine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.

Abstract

The gastrointestinal tract is the most common site of extra pelvic endometriosis, with the rectum and sigmoid colon being the most frequently affected areas. Its diagnosis is still very difficult, especially when it manifests itself as an acute occlusion. We report the case of a patient admitted to the emergency room for an occlusive syndrome on a sigmoid process and who was operated on with colorectal resection and it was the anatomopathological examination that led to the diagnosis of endometriosis.

Keywords: Colonic obstruction; Emergency surgery; Intestinal endometriosis.

Publication types

Case Reports