Acute Renal Failure due to Obstructive Uropathy Secondary to Ureteral Endometriosis.
Ureteral involvement by endometriosis is a rare and often silent disease but capable of producing significant morbidity and leading to hydronephrosis and to renal failure. Surgery is the treatment of choice to remove endometriotic lesions and relieve ureteral obstruction if the kidney is still functional or a nephrectomy is performed if there is a complete loss of renal function. We report a case of acute renal failure induced ureteral endometriosis managed with laparoscopic unilateral nephrectomy and endometrioma cystectomy. Differential diagnosis is important to confirm diagnosis for patients with ureteral obstruction presenting nonspecific symptoms.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327 Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 420-717, Republic of Korea.
Jeong In
JI
Choi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327 Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 420-717, Republic of Korea.
Jee Geun
JG
Yoo
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327 Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 420-717, Republic of Korea.
Sa Jin
SJ
Kim
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327 Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 420-717, Republic of Korea.
Hae Nam
HN
Lee
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327 Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 420-717, Republic of Korea.
Min Jeong
MJ
Kim