Rectal Polypoid Endometriosis Mimicking Malignant Rectal Tumor.
- Author:
Eun Sun KIM
1
;
Yoon Tae JEEN
;
Donghun LEE
;
Young Jin KIM
;
Jae Youn PARK
;
Jin Nam KIM
;
Sanghoon PARK
;
Bora KEUM
;
Young Jig CHO
;
Hwi KONG
;
Chang Don KANG
;
Yong Sik KIM
;
Hoon Jai CHUN
;
Soon Ho UM
;
Chang Duck KIM
;
Ho Sang RYU
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ytjeen@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rectal;
Polypoid;
Endometriosis;
Colonoscopy
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Colonoscopy;
Endometriosis*;
Female;
Genital Diseases, Female;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Rectal Neoplasms*;
Rectum;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2007;34(3):156-160
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Endometriosis is a disorder that presents as endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity and its musculature. It is a common gynecologic disease affecting approximately 15% of fertile women. However, polypoid endometriosis is rare. Our patient visited the hospital due to bowel habit changes and bloody stools. The colonoscopy revealed a large ulcerating polypoid mass in the rectum. Image studies including CT scan, MRI, and PET-CT suggested rectal cancer but the biopsy was negative for a malignancy. Finally, she was diagnosed with rectal polypoid endometriosis by a surgical rectal mass resection. We report a case of rectal polypoid endometriosis mimicking a rectal polypoid cancer.
