Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 1099-1101, August 2010

Endometriosis at several sites, cyclic bowel symptoms, and the likelihood of the appendix being affected

  • Mauricio Simões Abrão, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sirio Libanes Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mauricio Simões Abrão, M.D., Ph.D., Rua São Sebastião 550, 04708-001, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (FAX: 55-11-5182-2671).
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  • João Antonio Dias Jr., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sirio Libanes Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Gustavo P. Rodini, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • ,
  • Sergio Podgaec, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sirio Libanes Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marco Antonio Bassi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marcelo Averbach, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sirio Libanes Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 24 February 2009; received in revised form 5 October 2009; accepted 14 October 2009. published online 10 December 2009.

In patients with endometriosis of the appendix, other sites are use to be affected by the disease, mainly bladder, rectosigmoid and retrocervical endometriosis. When these characteristics are present or if patients have more than three sites affected by endometriosis, the surgeon should evaluate the appendix carefully.

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 M.S.A. has nothing to disclose. J.A.D. has nothing to disclose. G.P.R. has nothing to disclose. S.P. has nothing to disclose. M.A.B. has nothing to disclose. M.A. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03951-X

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.031

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 1099-1101, August 2010

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