[Digestive endometriosis of the caecum and intussusception: about one case]

J-P Le Meaux; G Sangana; P Panel; P Raynal

doi:10.1016/j.gyobfe.2007.07.039

[Digestive endometriosis of the caecum and intussusception: about one case]

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2007 Dec;35(12):1232-4. doi: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2007.07.039. Epub 2007 Nov 26.

[Article in French]

Authors

J-P Le Meaux¹, G Sangana, P Panel, P Raynal

Affiliation

¹ Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital André-Mignot, centre hospitalier de Versailles, 177, rue de Versailles, 78157 Le Chesnay cedex, France. [email protected]

PMID: 18035580
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2007.07.039

Abstract

We report the case of a 40-years-old woman who had a caeco-colic intussusception on a digestive endometriosis. Such exceptional association can be life-threatening, requiring urgent surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Cecal Diseases / etiology*
Cecal Diseases / surgery
Emergency Medical Services
Endometriosis / complications*
Endometriosis / surgery
Female
Humans
Intussusception / etiology*
Intussusception / surgery
Treatment Outcome