Funny Places for Endometriosis

The July edition of The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynaecology (JMIG) presents 2 case reports of endometriosis occurring in abnormal places. In the first case, the patient had nose bleed and pain and was found to have growths there. The second case presented with gastric-like abdominal pain and was found to have a growth in the pancreas on scanning. Both cases were confirmed as endometriosis after surgical removal. Of note was that these patients had positive correlation with cyclical symptoms as well as previous suggestion of endometriosis. So, endometriosis in the nose and in the pancreas. Who would have thought it?

Tapak Aneh Penyakit Endometriosis 

Dalam isu bulan Julai The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynaecology (JMIG), terpapar 2 kes penyakit endometriosis yang ditemui di kedudukan yang aneh. Pesakit kes pertama melapor pendarahan dan perasaan sakit di hidungnya serta ternampak ketumbuhan. Pesakit kes kedua pula mempunyai perasaan sakit ala gastrik dan ternampak ketumbuhan di kelenjar pankreasnya melalui imbasan. Kedua-dua kes ini dipastikan mengidap penaykit endometriosis selepas pembedahan untuk mengeluarkan ketumbuhan-ketumbuhan tersebut. Yang penting dalam kes-kes ini ialah sejarah perubatan yang mengaitkan penimbulan simptom-simptom tersebut dengan kitaran haid serta sejarah lama penyakit endometriosis. Jadi, endometriosis di hidung dan pankreas, sungguh aneh!