Bladder endometriosis: A serious disease

Mohamed Trigui, Yassine Ouanes, Kays Chaker, Alia Zehani, Inès Chelly, Ines Chelly, Yassine Nouira
Urology case reports · 2023 · vol. 48 , pp. 102400 · doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102400 · PMID:37123512 · PMC10133648 · W4364365588
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This case report describes a 42-year-old female with right back pain and urinary disorders, diagnosed with bladder endometriosis causing right uretero-hydronephrosis and treated with right nephro-ureterectomy.

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Urinary tract endometriosis (UTE) is a very rare but serious form of infiltrating endometriosis because of the risk of urinary tract obstruction and loss of renal function. We report the case of A 42-year-old female patient admitted for intense right back pain with lower urinary tract disorders. An abdomino-pelvic ultrasound was done showing right uretero-hydronephrosis. Ureteroscopy showed an inflammatory-like stenosis of the right pelvic ureter. Given the young age of the patient, the poor quality of the right kidney, we opted for a right total nephro ureterectomy. The anatomopathological examination showed a bladder endometriosis .

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