Endometriosis of the Ureter

Anand Patel, A Patel, P.R.P.J. Thorpe, P Thorpe, J W Ramsay, J. W. A. RAMSAY, J H Shepherd, Roger Kirby, R S Kirby, W F Hendry
British journal of urology · 1992 · vol. 69(5) , pp. 495–498 · doi:10.1111/j.1464-410x.1992.tb15595.x · PMID:1623378 · W1981451730
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This report describes five patients with ureteral endometriosis, where pre-operative investigations failed to identify the cause of unilateral upper urinary tract obstruction, and emphasizes that early surgical excision resolves dilatation and improves renal salvage.

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Abstract

Five patients with ureteric endometriosis are described. Extensive pre-operative investigation failed to reveal the aetiology of the unilateral upper urinary tract obstruction seen in all of these patients. Due to the dense fibrosis that invariably accompanies ureteric endometriosis, early surgical excision of the ureteric stricture permits effective resolution of upper tract dilatation and improved renal salvage.

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mesh:D004715endometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Ureteral Neoplasms Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Middle Aged Ureteral Neoplasms Ureteral Neoplasms Ureteral Obstruction Ureteral Obstruction Urography

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