Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2008; 14(21): 3430-3434
Published online Jun 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3430
Acute small bowel obstruction caused by endometriosis: A case report and review of the literature
Antonella De Ceglie, Claudio Bilardi, Sabrina Blanchi, Massimo Picasso, Marcello Di Muzio, Alberto Trimarchi, Massimo Conio
Antonella De Ceglie, Department of Gastroenterology, Giovanni Paolo II, Cancer Institute, Bari 70126, Italy
Claudio Bilardi, Sabrina Blanchi, Massimo Picasso, Massimo Conio, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital, Sanremo 18038, Italy
Marcello Di Muzio, Department of Pathology, General Hospital, Sanremo 18038, Italy
Alberto Trimarchi, Department of Surgery, General Hospital, Sanremo 18038, Italy
Author contributions: De Ceglie A and Conio M contributed equally to this work; Bilardi C, Picasso M, Di Muzio M and Trimarchi A reported the case; De Ceglie A and Blanchi S researched bibliography; De Ceglie A, Bilardi C and Conio M wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Massimo Conio, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital, C.so Garibaldi 187/3, Sanremo 18038, Italy. mxconio@tin.it
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Received: March 1, 2008
Revised: May 4, 2008
Accepted: May 11, 2008
Published online: June 7, 2008
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