Colonic Endometriosis Mimicking Colon Cancer on a Virtual Colonoscopy Study: A Potential Pitfall in Diagnosis

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="379578.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/crim/volume-2009/379578/figures/379578.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Endometriosis (long arrows on left) extending to involve the epithelium of the colon (short arrows on right)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="379578.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/crim/volume-2009/379578/figures/379578.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Endometriosis (arrows) involving the muscularis propria of the bowel. Note the characteristic stroma associated with the glandular epithelium</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Figure 3: Colonic Endometriosis Mimicking Colon Cancer on a Virtual Colonoscopy Study: A Potential Pitfall in Diagnosis 