[Bladder endometriosis. Case report and review of the literature]
José Antonio Cánovas Ivorra1, José María Castillo Gimeno, Jesús Michelena Barcena
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Comarcal de Vinaroz, Castellón, España. jacanovas@hotmail.com
Objective:
To report a new case of bladder endometriosis and to perform a bibliographic review.
Methods:
We report the case of a 34-year-old female with the diagnosis of bladder endometriosis treated by transurethral resection and subsequent hormonal therapy with good outcome one year after diagnosis.
Results:
Treatment with analogs was started after TUR, in conjunction with the Gynecology Department, and maintained six months. The patient remained asymptomatic one year after diagnosis, with a negative cystoscopic study.
Conclusions:
We emphasize the need of early diagnosis due to the increased morbidity and health-care expenses; also the need of surgical treatment of all urological lesions before any hormonal therapy, mainly ureteral lesions. We finally emphasize that definitive treatment should be performed by the gynecologist.
