Ureteral endometriosis: diagnosis and management

Asimakopoulos G, G Asimakopoulos, George Asimakopoulos
Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi · 2007 · vol. 110(3) , pp. 575–81 · PMID:17571548 · W52154574
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Ureteral endometriosis, a rare condition with non-specific symptoms, is typically diagnosed by ultrasound and intravenous pyelography, and managed surgically with hormone therapy for early-stage cases in women desiring children.

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Ureteral endometriosis is a rare disease with only about 300 cases reported. The diagnosis is difficult. The symptoms are non-specific and the diagnosis is based on abdominal ultrasonography suspicion confirmed by intravenous pyelography. The management of ureteral endometriosis usually requires surgery. Hormone therapy should be offered to patients of childbearing age who desire to have children and have the disease in an early stage. Open or laparoscopic surgical treatment gives long-term favorable results.

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Ureter Ureteral Diseases Ureteral Diseases Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Drug Therapy, Combination Drug Therapy, Combination Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Estrogens Estrogens Estrogens Female Female Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

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