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Case Reports
. 1984;63(2):183-4.
doi: 10.3109/00016348409154658.

Postpartum perforation of the colon due to endometriosis

J Floberg, M Bäckdahl, C Silferswärd, P A Thomassen
Case Reports

Postpartum perforation of the colon due to endometriosis

J Floberg et al. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1984.

Abstract

A case is reported of a ruptured endometriotic lesion following childbirth. Immediately after her second delivery, the 34-year-old parturient developed acute abdominal pain. At operation a ruptured left-sided ovarian abscess with a fistula to the colon was found. Endometriosis was present in the ovarian wall and the adjacent colon. Endometriosis as a cause of acute abdominal pain during pregnancy should be kept in mind.

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