Bladder endometriosis presenting as obstructive uropathy in a post-hysterectomy patient

@#Urinary tract endometriosis is present in approximately 1% of women. Bladder endometriosis (BE) is defined as presence of endometrial glands and stroma in the detrusor muscle. Close collaboration of the urologists and gynecologists in dealing with urinary tract endometriosis is necessary in order to establish both the correct diagnostic procedure and the most adequate management. Presented here is the case of a 42-year old female, G3P3 (3003), who presented with intermittent episodes of right-sided flank pain four months post-hysterectomy. She was initially diagnosed to have a bladder tumor and underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumor. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed endometriosis.

A Case of Endometriosis of the Bladder / 대한비뇨기과학회지

A case endometriosis of the bladder in s 40-year old woman is presented. Urinary ferquency, tenesmus and intermittent hematuria had been complained, associated with menstruation over one year period. Tumor-like mass of the bladder recognized incidentally during hysterectomy on suspicious uterine myoma. Segmental resection of this mass with involved bladder resulted in cure and this lesion was confirmed histologically as endometriosis of the bladder.