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CT scan: malignant uptake in the rectum (arrows) in a 35-year old woman treated for rectal endometriosis mimicking carcinoma of Rectum
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IV and rectal contrast was performed, to try to establish the cause of the obstruction, and to help plan the surgical intervention. It suggested a malignant process of the rectum (Figure 1).
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Endometriosis (arrows) involving the muscularis propria of the bowel in a 35-year old woman treated for rectal endometriosis mimicking carcinoma of Rectum. Note the characteristic stroma associated with the glandular epithelium
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The specimen was sent to histopathology confirming that it was endometriosis with hyperplasia involving the full thickness of the bowel wall with no evidence of malignancy (Figure 2).
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