Endometriosis of bladder after menopause.
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.
Habuchi
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Department of Urology, Shimada Municipal Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Okagaki
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Miyakawa
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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