Open AccessPostmenopausal endometriosis with ureteric involvement
Author(s) -
Vijay Rao Gudla,
Soumya Tangudu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
radiology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 1930-0433
DOI - 10.2484/rcr.v7i1.607
Subject(s) - medicine , endometriosis , postmenopausal women , urology , differential diagnosis , gynecology , pathology
Ureteral endometriosis is a rare clinical condition in postmenopausal women. It should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in women presenting with a lower ureteric mass, as it can lead to silent loss of renal function. We present a case of a chronically obstructed kidney due to ureteric endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman
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