A Case of Recurrent Endometriosis with Rectal Invasion.

Park, Seung Sup; Kim, Seung Chul; Shin, Byung Sup; Park, Do Yoon; Yoon, Man Soo

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 48(6); 2005 > Article

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2005;48(6):1550-1554.
Published online: June 1, 2005

A Case of Recurrent Endometriosis with Rectal Invasion.

Seung Sup Park, Seung Chul Kim, Byung Sup Shin, Do Yoon Park, Man Soo Yoon

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. msyoon@pusan.ac.kr
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

Rectal invasion of endometriosis is unusal condition, since it represents an invasion of previously normal bowel by hormone-dependent nonmalignant cell from uterus of the same patient. It is estimated that the incidence of endometriosis is about 8-15% of reproductive women, of whom 3-34% show intestinal invasion of rectosigmoid colon, appendix, ileum, and cecum in order of decreasing frequency. We experienced a case of recurrent endometriosis with rectal invasion in 34-year-old female who had previously endometriosis. She had rectal bleeding with severe anemia and abdominal pain with palpable mass in cul-de-sac. We present the case with a brief review of literature.

Keywords: Endometriosis; Rectum