[Ureteral obstruction from endometriosis: a case report and review of the literature].
Endometriosis frequently affects women with genital activity and exceptionally involves the urinary tract, and the ureter in particular. From a case report of a female consulting for renal colic pain related to an intrinsic-type pelvic ureteral endometriosis, we report the difficulty in diagnosing this pseudotumoral obstruction and finding therapeutic options with a review of the literature. Ureteral endometriosis is marked by non-specific symptoms liable to delay preoperative diagnosis with a risk of deterioration of renal function due to the obstruction. Regarding the therapeutic approach, the surgical treatment associated or not with GNRH agonists seems best.
Frachet
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O
Service d'Urologie, CHU, Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen Cedex.
Mallick
S
S
Comoz
F
F
Rousselot
P
P
Bensadoun
H
H
D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery