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===Other=== Bowel endometriosis may include symptoms like [[diarrhea]], [[constipation]], [[Rectal tenesmus|tenesmus]], [[dyschezia]], and, rarely, [[rectal bleeding]]. Other symptoms include [[Fatigue#Chronic|chronic fatigue]], [[nausea]] and [[vomiting]], [[migraines]], low-grade [[fevers]], [[Heavy menstrual bleeding|heavy]] (44%) and/or [[irregular periods]] (60%), and [[hypoglycemia]].<ref name="ovarianendo"/><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wolthuis AM, Meuleman C, Tomassetti C, D'Hooghe T, de Buck van Overstraeten A, D'Hoore A | title = Bowel endometriosis: colorectal surgeon's perspective in a multidisciplinary surgical team | journal = World Journal of Gastroenterology | volume = 20 | issue = 42 | pages = 15616–23 | date = November 2014 | pmid = 25400445 | pmc = 4229526 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v20.i42.15616 | doi-access = free | title-link = doi }}</ref><ref name="NIH" /> Endometriosis is associated with certain types of cancers, notably some types of [[ovarian cancer]],<ref name="pmid22361336">{{cite journal | vauthors = Pearce CL, Templeman C, Rossing MA, Lee A, Near AM, Webb PM, Nagle CM, Doherty JA, Cushing-Haugen KL, Wicklund KG, Chang-Claude J, Hein R, Lurie G, Wilkens LR, Carney ME, Goodman MT, Moysich K, Kjaer SK, Hogdall E, Jensen A, Goode EL, Fridley BL, Larson MC, Schildkraut JM, Palmieri RT, Cramer DW, Terry KL, Vitonis AF, Titus LJ, Ziogas A, Brewster W, Anton-Culver H, Gentry-Maharaj A, Ramus SJ, Anderson AR, Brueggmann D, Fasching PA, Gayther SA, Huntsman DG, Menon U, Ness RB, Pike MC, Risch H, Wu AH, Berchuck A | title = Association between endometriosis and risk of histological subtypes of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of case-control studies | journal = The Lancet. Oncology | volume = 13 | issue = 4 | pages = 385–94 | date = April 2012 | pmid = 22361336 | pmc = 3664011 | doi = 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70404-1 }}</ref> [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]] and [[brain cancer]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Audebert A | title = [Women with endometriosis: are they different from others?] | language = fr | journal = Gynécologie, Obstétrique & Fertilité | volume = 33 | issue = 4 | pages = 239–46 | date = April 2005 | pmid = 15894210 | doi = 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2005.03.010 | trans-title = Women with endometriosis: are they different from others? }}</ref> Endometriosis is however unrelated to [[endometrial cancer]].<ref name="pmid21925719">{{cite journal | vauthors = Rowlands IJ, Nagle CM, Spurdle AB, Webb PM | title = Gynecological conditions and the risk of endometrial cancer | journal = Gynecologic Oncology | volume = 123 | issue = 3 | pages = 537–41 | date = December 2011 | pmid = 21925719 | doi = 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.08.022 }}</ref> Rarely, endometriosis can cause endometrium-like tissue to be found in other parts of the body. [[Thoracic endometriosis]] occurs when endometrium-like tissue implants in the [[lung]]s or pleura. Manifestations of this include [[hemoptysis|coughing up blood]], a [[pneumothorax|collapsed lung]], or [[hemothorax|bleeding into the pleural space]].<ref name=zondervan32212520/><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Rousset P, Rousset-Jablonski C, Alifano M, Mansuet-Lupo A, Buy JN, Revel MP | title = Thoracic endometriosis syndrome: CT and MRI features | journal = Clinical Radiology | volume = 69 | issue = 3 | pages = 323–330 | date = March 2014 | pmid = 24331768 | doi = 10.1016/j.crad.2013.10.014 }}</ref> Endometriosis may also affect the nearby colon, which in rare situations may progress to partial [[Bowel obstruction|obstruction]], requiring emergency surgery.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sarofim M, Attwell-Heap A, Trautman J, Kwok A, Still A | title = Unusual case of acute large bowel obstruction: endometriosis mimicking sigmoid malignancy | journal = ANZ Journal of Surgery | volume = 89 | issue = 11 | pages = E542–E543 | date = November 2019 | pmid = 30277298 | doi = 10.1111/ans.14869 | s2cid = 52902719 }}</ref> Stress may be a contributing factor or a consequence of endometriosis.<ref name=stress>{{cite journal |vauthors=Reis FM, Coutinho LM, Vannuccini S, Luisi S, Petraglia F |title=Is Stress a Cause or a Consequence of Endometriosis? |journal=Reproductive Sciences |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=39–45 |date=January 2020 |pmid=32046437 |doi=10.1007/s43032-019-00053-0 |s2cid=209896867}}</ref>
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