AN UNUSUAL CASE SERIES OF LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO INTESTINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS IN POST–HYSTERECTOMY WOMEN.

Dr. Ayyar Srinivas Mahesh; Dr. N. Venkata Naga Praneeth; Dr. B. Sandeep; Dr. P. Varun

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2017

AN UNUSUAL CASE SERIES OF LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO INTESTINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS IN POST–HYSTERECTOMY WOMEN.

Dr. Ayyar Srinivas Mahesh, Dr. N. Venkata Naga Praneeth, Dr. B. Sandeep, Dr. P. Varun

Abstract :

Endometriosis is presence of functioning endometrial glands and or stroma in sites other than uterine cavity.

GI involvement of endometriosis has been found in 3–37% of women of which Postmenopausal intestinal endometriosis is rare and incidence is only 2–5% of which only 0.1–0.7% cases had presented with acute intestinal obstruction.

We report a rare series of two cases in post–hysterectomy women presented with an acute presentation of large bowel obstruction due to intestinal endometriosis which highlights the dilemmas of preoperative diagnosis