title: Bladder endometriosis: report of 7 new cases and review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe our experience with bladder endometriosis at the Department of Urology of Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a retrospective analysis of the cases of bladder endometriosis diagnosed during the last 11 years in our hospital, from January 2000 to December 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 7 women, with a mean age of 32-year-old have been diagnosed by biopsy of bladder endometriosis. The most common symptoms were dysuria, suprapubic pain, urinary urgency and hematuria. All patients have undergone surgery (5 transurethral resection, 2 partial cystectomy), 6 of them were also treated with post-operative LHRH analogues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endometriosis is a common disease in young women, but the involvement of the urinary tract is unusual. There are multiple therapeutic options; despite this there exists a high probability of recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. Spain.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cordeiro González
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puñal Pereira
authors.forename: Benito
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blanco Gómez
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lema Grille
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery