title: [Suburethral endometrioma].
abstract: Endometriosis is a common disease affecting mostly women in childbearing age. It usually involves the internal pelvic organs but occasionally can present in unusual locations. We report on a 32-year-old nulliparos female presenting with a suburethral painful mass causing obstructive voiding symptoms; she had also a long history of dismenorreia, perimenstrual pelvic pain, urinary tract infections, disúria and dispareunia. The diagnostic work-up revealed a suburethral cystic lesion consistent with a complicated urethral diverticulum or a suburethral endometrioma. Complete surgical excision confirmed an endometriotic cyst. The differential diagnosis of this rare suburethral location of endometriosis with other vaginal cysts is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital de São Marcos, Braga, Portugal. jcabral@hsmbraga.min-saude.pt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabral Ribeiro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pérez García
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martins Silva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ribeiro Santos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*