Endometriosis With Bladder Involvement

Rachel Katherine Bloom, Salvatore LaRusso
In: Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography · 2010 · vol. 26(5) , pp. 260–262 · doi:10.1177/8756479310381131 · W2126060972
article OA: closed CC0 ⤵ 2 in-corpus citations
View on OpenAlex View at publisher
⚙ AI-generated summary by claude@2026-06, 2026-06-08 ⓘ

This case report presents the transvaginal sonography appearance of bladder endometriosis, a rare manifestation of the condition, confirmed surgically in a patient with pelvic pain.

One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works

Abstract

Endometriosis is a condition in which endometrial tissue is found outside of the uterus. The ectopic endometrial tissue may be found in a variety of places but commonly involves the peritoneal surfaces of the pelvis. Rarely implants of endometriosis can be seen in other areas such as the bladder and urinary tract. When conducting routine transvaginal sonography (TVS) on a woman in her late 40s with pelvic pain, a mass was noted in the bladder that was later confirmed as endometriosis via laparoscopic surgery. This case report demonstrates the appearance of bladder endometriosis on TVS and reviews its clinical presentation as well as pathophysiology.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

endometriosisbladder_endometriosis

Citation neighborhood (sparse)

Too few in-corpus citations on either side for a chart; here are the lists.

Cites (1)

Cited by (2)

References (9)

Cited by (2)

Source provenance

openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK