A case of bladder endometriosis successfully treated by laparoscopic resection

Toshiyuki Kakinuma, Hisao Osada, Masaaki Tamura, Ushio Furuya, Noriko Yamamoto, Masaji Nagaishi, Masahiko Matsuura, Tom-Kiyoshi Fujii, Tatsuo Yamamoto
In: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC ENDOSCOPY · 2008 · vol. 24(2) , pp. 405–408 · doi:10.5180/jsgoe.24.405 · W2321183867
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Laparoscopic partial resection of the bladder successfully treated a 42-year-old woman's bladder endometriosis, resolving her symptoms of painful urination during menstruation.

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The paper reports a rare case of bladder endometriosis in a 42-year-old woman who had painful urination associated with menstruation. Cystoscopy identified a sessile polypoid lesion on the posterior bladder wall, and transurethral biopsy confirmed bladder endometriosis on pathology. The authors performed laparoscopic partial resection of the bladder containing the endometrial implants, and the patient was symptom-free 8 months after surgery. As a single case report, it has no comparative arm or broader generalizability, and does not address long-term outcomes beyond the reported follow-up. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it describes successful laparoscopic resection for bladder endometriosis.

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We managed a rare case of bladder endometriosis in a 42-year-old woman that was successfully treated by laparoscopic surgery.Approximately 2 years previously she sought evaluation in the Urology Department at another hospital with painful urination during menstruation. Cystoscopy revealed a sessile polypoid lesion on the posterior bladder wall, and thus a transurethral biopsy of the mass was performed. The pathologic evaluation confirmed endometriosis of the bladder. She was referred to our hospital for treatment of bladder endometriosis. Partial resection of the bladder was performed by laparoscopic surgery. She was symptom-free 8 months after resection of the bladder endometriosis.Partial resection of the bladder containing all of the bladder endometrial implants during laparoscopic surgery is considered to be an effective method of management for this condition.

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