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. 1999 Feb;44(1):59-60.

Acute small bowel obstruction due to ileal endometriosis: a case report and literature review

D Wickramasekera  1 , D J Hay, M Fayz
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Acute small bowel obstruction due to ileal endometriosis: a case report and literature review

D Wickramasekera et al. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1999 Feb.

Abstract

A young women presented with non-resolving acute small bowel obstruction and was found to have a stricture in the distal ileum at laparotomy. Histologically this was due to endometriosis. Resection of the involved segment gave excellent results.

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