{"paper_id":"dc106092-ea4d-4787-b879-050f027b3429","body_text":"| Ureteral Endometriosis. |\n|\n| Heung Seok Ahn, Jong Kyu Park, Young Jin Sim, Heung Jae Park, Chil Hun Kwon, Kwan Joong Joo |\n| Department of Urology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. urojoo@dreamwiz.com |\n|\n|\n|\n|\n| ABSTRACT |\n|\nEndometriosis represents extrauterine nonneoplastic endometrial tissue. It is most commonly diagnosed in women of childbearing age, with a peak age of 40 to 44 years. The incidence of genitourinary involvement ranges from 1% to 2%.\nUreteral endometriosis is a rare entity, and its diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion. We report a case of ureteral endometriosis in a 44-year-old multiparous woman with a brief review of literature. |\n| Keywords:\nEndometriosis; Hydronephrosis; Ureter |\n|","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}