title: Endometriosis of bladder after menopause.
abstract: We report a rare case of endometriosis of the bladder in a 68-year-old postmenopausal woman. The patient had not received any exogenous estrogen therapy and the hormone levels were normal for a castrated female subject. Endometriosis of the bladder should be considered as a cause of an abnormal mass of the bladder even after menopause. This case documents that urinary involvement by endometriosis may persist even after years of a hormonally castrated state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Shimada Municipal Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Habuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okagaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008593:Menopause; D013997:Time Factors; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014567:Urography