AUTHOR=Di Buono Giuseppe , Micheli Matilde , Russo Gaia , Vella Roberta , Amato Giuseppe , Geraci Girolamo , Agrusa Antonino TITLE=Colorectal infiltrating deep endometriosis: Laparoscopic treatment. A case report JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.1021944 DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2022.1021944 ISSN=2296-875X ABSTRACT=

Endometriosis is a disease affecting approximately 10% of women of fertile age. A particular presentation is deep infiltrating endometriosis of the rectosigmoid colon with symptoms that can mimic an intestinal obstruction or neoplasm. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman with pelvic pain during the menstrual cycle and significant anemia who presented an ectopic endometrial tissue in correspondence of the rectum. Because of the thickness of the lesion the patient underwent a segmental laparoscopic colorectal resection with end-to-end anastomosis.