Endometriosis-induced acute small and large bowel obstruction: rare clinical entities.

The extragonadal manifestations of intestinal endometriosis necessitating immediate abdominal surgical exploration are, to date, sparsely represented within the literature. We present two cases of acute complete small and large bowel obstruction secondary to endometriosis, requiring emergent laparotomy; and review the pertinent literature.

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by a "hypophrenic" diverticulum of the distal esophagus.

Distal esophageal diverticula are uncommon acquired anomalies of the distal thoracic esophagus. We report a case of an elderly man presenting with a history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to a distal esophageal diverticulum arising from the intra-abdominal portion of the esophagus. To our knowledge, this is the first report of upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a subdiaphragmatic esophageal diverticulum.