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Barium enema showing stenosis of the rectosigmoid region due to both a filling defect and an extrinsic bowel compression.
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A barium enema (figure 1), on the following day, showed stenosis of the rectosigmoid region due to both a filling defect and an extrinsic bowel compression.
Eccentric wall thickening of the sigmoid with filling defect. Note also the ovarian cysts
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Moreover, it showed ovarian cysts (Figures 2,3).
Large bowel mucosa with a focus of endometriosis in the lamina propria (stroma and glands of endometrium). Haematoxylin Eosin x 100
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This time, colonic histology showed stroma and glands of endometrium suggestive of endometriosis (Figure 4).