Endometriosis of the cecum in a postmenopausal women: Case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Torres-Rincón, Ricardo Andrés, Moreno-Rojas, Alejandro, Salinas-Parra, Carolina
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2017-07-01
• Series: Iatreia
• Subjects: Colorectal Neoplasm; Endometriosis; Intestines; Obstruction Bowel
• Online Access: http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/iatreia/article/view/26811/20785183

Endometriosis is a benign disease defined as the extra-uterine implantation and proliferation of tissue similar to endometrium (glands and stroma), causing a chronic inflammatory response and adhesions that distort anatomy. The extra-gonadal involvement is rare, but reports of intestinal endometriosis have increased substantially, mainly affecting the sigmoid colon and rectum; isolated involvement of the cecum is rare, even more so in a postmenopausal woman without use of hormone replacement therapy. We report the case of a postmenopausal woman with intestinal obstruction surgically suggestive of malignancy; however, pathological examination revealed endometriosis.