1. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis: a case report.
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Takao Miwa, Takuji Iwashita, Masashi Aiba, Takahiro Kochi, Katsuhisa Toda, Noriaki Nakamura, Naoki Katsumura, Masahito Shimizu, Miwa, Takao, Iwashita, Takuji, Aiba, Masashi, Kochi, Takahiro, Toda, Katsuhisa, Nakamura, Noriaki, Katsumura, Naoki, and Shimizu, Masahito
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ENDOMETRIOSIS , *IRRITABLE colon , *ENDOSCOPIC ultrasonography , *ADIPOSE tissues , *NEEDLE biopsy - Abstract
Bowel endometriosis is a condition caused by endometrial glands and stroma infiltrating the bowel wall and reaching the subserous fat tissue or the adjacent subserous plexus. A 42-year-old woman with changes in stool habits, nausea, and stomach aches experienced complete obstruction in the rectum. Endoscopic ultrasound demonstrated a low echoic lesion outside the rectal mucosa and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration confirmed the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis. The clinical characteristics of bowel endometriosis are unspecific and this condition is sometimes misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other colorectal disorder. Our aim is to show that endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration might be helpful for bowel endometriosis diagnosis and exclusion of other malignant disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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