Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica

A 39-year-old woman showed thickening of the bladder wall on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Since transurethral resection to the lesion revealed that the histological structure of the lesion was compatible with that of the fallopian tube…

A 40-year-old woman visited our hospital with asymptomatic macroscopic hematuria. A nonpapillary ureteral tumor protruding from the left orifice was identified by cystoscopy. Computed tomography revealed left hydronephrosis due to the urete…

We report a case of vesical endometriosis that worsened during the early pregnancy period. A 37-year old woman had been under treatment for endometriosis (including vesical endometriosis) by a gynecologist during the past 10 years. She was …

Ureteral endometriosis is a rare but important clinical problem that requires early detection and treatment. The urinary tract is affected in approximately 2% of women with endometriosis. Even though the bladder is the most frequent urinary…

A 29-year-old woman presented with bilateral hydronephroses concomitant with acute renal failure. Retrograde pyelography demonstrated bilateral ureteral strictures located at the lower segment of ureters. Computed tomography revealed inflam…

A 54-year-old female was referred to us for a nodule under her umbilical region. The nodule had enlarged slowly and reached a size of 20 mm in diameter over the last 2 years. She had no symptoms and there was no oozing of blood or pain duri…

We report 8 cases of ureteral endometriosis. The mean age of the 8 patients was 42 years (range 29 to 60). In all patients, endometrial lesions were located in the lower third of the ureter and were unilateral. Six patients presented with f…

We report a case of intrinsic-type ureteral endometriosis in a 28-year-old woman. She visited our hospital, complaining of lower abdominal pain. Drip infusion pyelography (DIP) showed left hydronephrosis, and left retrograde pyelography rev…

A 42-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abdominal fullness and a large abdominal mass. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated bilateral ovarian tumors, uterine myoma and left hydronephrosis. On excretory urography the lef…

A 48-year-old female was found to have right flank pain at another hospital and transabdominal ultrasonography showed right hydronephrosis. She was referred to our department for further examination. She had undergone right oophorectomy and…

A case of vesical endometriosis associated with unilateral renal agenesis and uterus didelphys (Wunderlich syndrome) is reported. A 20-year-old unmarried woman visited the gynecologic department with dysmenorrhea. She was referred to us bec…

We have reported the usefulness of percutaneous or transurethral whole layer core biopsy (WLCB) of bladder wall for staging of invasive bladder cancer. We have applied WLCB to 3 cases of paravesical tumor with good results. The first case w…

One hundred and fifty two cases of genito-urinary tract endometriosis reported in Japan including our 2 cases were reviewed. The incidence and mean patients' age were respectively 0.7% and 22 years old for kidneys, 37.5% and 38.8 years old …

A 62-year-old man presented in 1987 with hematospermia. No abnormal findings were observed by cystourethroscopy. Ultrasound showed the enlargement of the right seminal vesicle. The right seminal vesicle could not be visualized by seminal ve…

Four patients with a vesicovaginal fistula were operated upon transvaginally using the Latzko technique of partial colpocleisis. In 3 of the 4 patients, the fistulas had been formed after total hysterectomy for myoma uteri or endometriosis.…

A rare case of ureteral endometriosis is reported. A 46-year-old nulliparous woman was referred to our hospital because of right hydronephrosis which was detected by ultrasonography; Drip infusion pyelography showed right hydroureteronephro…

Two cases of endometriosis causing ureteral stenosis are reported. Case 1. A 46-year-old woman was hospitalized with the complaint of right flank pain. Intravenous pyelography showed right hydronephrosis and retrograde pyelography revealed …

A case of vesical endometriosis with unilateral renal agenesis is reported. A 13-year-old girl complained of difficulty in urination and lower abdominal pain during the menstruation. Detail urological examinations revealed left renal agenes…

A 32-year-old female visited our clinic with the chief complaints of macroscopic hematuria and pollakisuria in February 18, 1987. Cystoscopic examination revealed findings of cystitis but bleeding from the ureteral orifice was not observed.…

A 37-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital to examine left hydronephrosis. Retrograde pyelography showed left lower ureteral stricture. Abdominal CT scan revealed a tumor 1 cm in diameter in the left lower ureteral stricture. The diag…

A case of granulomatous orchitis in a 47-year-old patient is described. He had a history of recurrent pyelonephritis and subsequent chronic renal failure, and was under treatment with hemodialysis therapy. He presented with painful swelling…

Endometriosis of the urinary tract is uncommon. A thirty-year-old woman was referred to our hospital, complaining of macrohematuria. Intravenous pyelography (IVP) showed bilateral hydro nephrosis. Cystoscopic examination revealed a mass aro…

A 35-year-old female patient was hospitalized for a headache. She was referred to our department for the evaluation of right hydronephrosis noted on the excretory urogram which was performed as part of a hypertensive diagnostic study. Endoc…

A case of right ureteral stricture due to endometriosis in the pouch of Douglas was presented. A 46-year-old housewife was referred to our clinic with asymptomatic macroscopic hematuria on August 22, 1985. Intravenous pyelography (IVP) and …

We report two successfully treated cases of ureteral endometriosis. Case 1 is in a 47-year-old female who had a past history of simple hysterectomy and right oophorectomy. Pathological diagnosis was myoma uteri and pelvic endometriosis. Two…