title: [Ureteral endometriosis. Case report].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ureteral endometriosis is a rare entity which may produce urinary tract obstruction with subsequent loss of renal function if treatment is not undertaken early due to its asymptomatic but locally aggressive course.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report one case of intrinsic ureteral endometriosis with unilateral renal failure (renal atrophy) and unresectable periureteral fibroinflammatory thickening involving vascular or visceral structures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We emphasize the diagnostic and therapeutic importance of a high degree of clinical suspicion about this entity, mainly in patients with history of genital endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, España. javiertorresgomez@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Torres Gómez
authors.forename: Francisco José
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Vázquez Ramírez
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Torres Olivera
mesh_terms: D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*