Sigmoid colon perforation due to endometriosis not associated with pregnancy
A 38-year-old woman presented with symptoms of sigmoid colon perforation due to an endometrioma eroding the colonic wall, a rare complication of intestinal endometriosis not associated with pregnancy.
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