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Deeply Infiltrating Rectal Endometriosis with Lymph Node Involvement

S. Rafailidis2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.;Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki; Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.View further author information
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N. Symeonidis2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.;Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki; Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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K. Ballas2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.;Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki; Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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K. Psarras2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.;Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki; Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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T. Pavlidis2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.;Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki; Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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K. Patsiaoura2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.;Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki; Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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A. Sakadamis2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.;Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki; Department of Pathology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Pages 210-212 | Published online: 11 Mar 2016
 
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Abstract

Background: Sigmoidorectal endometriosis accounts for 70% of the cases of intestinal endometriosis. Symptoms are non-specific, frequently resembling adenocarcinomas.

Case: A 45-year-old woman complaining of recurrent rectal bleeding underwent colonoscopy in which a rectal polypoid mass was found. She underwent anterior rectosigmoidectomy and the histological examination of the resected bowel revealed rectal endometriosis with lymph node involvement.

Conclusion: Lymphatic infiltration of epicolic lymph nodes raises questions about the benign nature of this presumed innocent disease.

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S. Rafailidis

S. Rafailidis, M.D., Ph.D., Consultant in Surgery Kassandria Halkidikis 63077 Kassandria, Greece E-mail: [email protected]

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