Urology

A prostatic tumor that was excised from a sixty-two-year-old man was found histologically to resemble papillary endometrial carcinoma. A specimen of this prostatic endometrioid carcinoma tested positive for prostate-specific antigen and foc…

Only 16 cases of bilateral ureteral endometriosis have been reported to date. A contiguous spread of the disease is generally thought to be the mechanism of ureteral involvement. We report a case in which the left ureter contains both intri…

A case report of endometriosis of the bladder is presented, with special reference to treatment options. Recent experience with this lesion illustrates the dilemma facing the physician who must determine a course of treatment. It seems that…

Endometrial carcinoma of the prostate is a unique lesion which contrasts markedly to the more ubiquitous prostatic acinar carcinoma with regard to morphology, clinical manifestations, localization stage at diagnosis, and possibly prognosis.…

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is one of the hormones involved in the complex hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis which regulates the release of testosterone from the testes or estrogen from the ovaries. The development of GnRH analo…

A case of ureteral endometriosis is reported. This is the first case diagnosed during a ureteropyeloscopic examination.

Ureteral obstruction secondary to endometriosis is an infrequently observed phenomenon, particularly in post-menopausal women. Two patients with obstructive uropathy, aged fifty-five and seventy-four, underwent ureteroplasty procedures with…

A case of ureteral obstruction occurring in a postmenopausal woman treated with long-standing unopposed estrogen is reported.

A case is presented of vesical endometriosis treated surgically in a thirty-one-year-old woman who presented with hypogastric pain and a pelvic mass. Echography showed an intravesical tumor, and cystoscopy led to a presumptive diagnosis of …

Vesical endometriosis in a postmenopausal patient is reported. An abdominal hysterectomy had been performed twenty-four years previously, and exogenous estrogens had not been administered. The patient was treated surgically with a partial c…

Endometriosis is a common disease which can produce localized ureteral obstruction. Many women will have significant disease without any clinical signs or symptoms until they present with distal ureteral obstruction. In the reported literat…

Ureteral endometriosis poses a problem to the clinician because of its nonspecific clinical presentation and its possible confusion with ureteral tumor. To facilitate early diagnosis and the application of appropriate treatment, the gynecol…

A case of urethral diverticulum in a female patient with endometriosis in the diverticular wall is presented. Review of the recent urologic literature reveals no such case reported previously. The diverticulum was excised and the urethral w…

An additional case of endometriosis of the bladder is reported illustrating the classic clinical features of the disease; treatment was by partial cystectomy. Vesical endometriosis is then discussed with reference to its unusual features an…

A case is described of endometriosis of the bladder in a postmenopausal patient who had gross hematuria and pelvic mass. Medical treatment with progestins was unsuccessful, and a partial cystectomy was performed.

Endometrial carcinoma of the prostatic utricle is a rare pupillary prostatic tumor arising in the region of the prostatic urethra and verumontanum. Since the first description by Melicow and Pachter in 1967, 8 additional cases have been rep…