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Rectal endometriosis with invasion into lymph nodes.

Department of Gynecology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research (impact factor: 0.94). 04/2011; 37(8):1117-21. DOI:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01467.x pp.1117-21
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ABSTRACT Although endometriosis is a common disease in women of reproductive age, rectal endometriosis is rare and lymph node involvement by endometriosis is considered uncommon. We report a 37-year-old woman who had irregular lower abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits. She was operated on with suspected rectal cancer, but the histological diagnosis was rectal endometriosis with lymph node involvement. In women who suffer from digestive complaints, endometriosis should be considered in differential diagnosis. Rectal endometriosis has the ability to invade adjacent tissue as true malignant tumors. Therefore, lymph node involvement should be considered in rectal endometriosis.

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Keywords

37-year-old woman
 
adjacent tissue
 
bowel habits
 
differential diagnosis
 
histological diagnosis
 
lymph node involvement
 
rectal cancer
 
Rectal endometriosis
 
reproductive age