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Rectosigmoid Endometriosis Mimicking Colorectal Cancer: A Case Report.

Kawtar Khaissidi, Jihad Karimi, Hajar Ouazzani, Ismail Chaouche, Amal Akammar, Nizar El Bouardi, Badreddine Alami, Meriem Haloua, Karim Ibn Majdoub Hassani, Meryem Boubbou and 2 more

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Kawtar KhaissidiRadiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Jihad KarimiRadiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Hajar OuazzaniMother and Child Radiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Ismail ChaoucheRadiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Amal AkammarMother and Child Radiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Nizar El BouardiRadiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Badreddine AlamiRadiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Meriem HalouaMother and Child Radiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Karim Ibn Majdoub HassaniGeneral and Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Meryem BoubbouMother and Child Radiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Mustapha MaaroufiRadiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.
Moulay Youssef Alaoui LamraniRadiology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, MAR.

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Abstract

Rectosigmoid endometriosis is an uncommon cause of bowel obstruction and may closely mimic colorectal malignancy, particularly when imaging findings are nonspecific. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman who presented with acute bowel obstruction caused by a stenosing rectosigmoid lesion highly suspicious for cancer. Repeated endoscopic biopsies were inconclusive. Surgical management was performed and was complicated by hemorrhagic shock. Final histopathological examination revealed deep infiltrating endometriosis with rectosigmoid involvement. Postoperative imaging demonstrated extensive pelvic involvement of endometriosis, and subsequent attempts at bowel continuity restoration were unsuccessful due to dense adhesions. This case highlights the diagnostic challenges of bowel endometriosis mimicking colorectal cancer and underscores the importance of multidisciplinary evaluation and advanced imaging in women of reproductive age presenting with tumor-like colorectal lesions.

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bowel obstructioncolorectal cancer mimicdeep infiltrating endometriosispelvic magnetic resonance imagingrectosigmoid endometriosistumor-like lesion

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