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Colonic Endometriosis Mimicking Colon Cancer on a Virtual Colonoscopy Study: A Potential Pitfall in Diagnosis

  • Samet J
  • Horton K
  • Fishman E
  • et al.
Case Reports in Medicine (2009) 2009 1-4
DOI: 10.1155/2009/379578
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Abstract

Colonic endometriosis has been reported in the literature to mimic colon cancer. Patients can present with symptoms almost identical to colon cancer. We present an exemplary case of a woman who was found to have a mass on conventional colonoscopy. Virtual colonoscopy was instrumental in characterizing the obstructive sigmoid mass. A biopsy of the mass revealed sigmoid endometriosis.

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Samet, J. D., Horton, K. M., Fishman, E. K., & Hruban, R. H. (2009). Colonic Endometriosis Mimicking Colon Cancer on a Virtual Colonoscopy Study: A Potential Pitfall in Diagnosis. Case Reports in Medicine, 2009, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/379578

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