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Polypoid endometriosis of the bladder during pregnancy mimicking urachal carcinoma
Author(s) -
Lambrechts S.,
Van Calsteren K.,
Capoen A.,
Op De Beeck K.,
Joniau S.,
Timmerman D.,
Amant F.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1002/uog.8985
Subject(s) - medicine , endometriosis , pathological , malignancy , pregnancy , malignant transformation , carcinoma , decidualization , gynecology , obstetrics , pathology , endometrium , genetics , biology
We report a case of polypoid bladder endometriosis in pregnancy. Diagnostic workup showed a vesicouterine well‐vascularized polypoid mass, suspicious for malignancy. During pregnancy, the mass was surgically resected with safe oncological margins. Pathological examination of the resected specimen revealed pseudotumoral polypoid endometriosis of the bladder. We illustrate diagnostic pitfalls in the differentiation between bladder endometriosis during pregnancy and malignancy. As a result of pregnancy‐related decidualization of vesical endometriosis, differentiation between this rare occurrence and malignant transformation is challenging. Copyright © 2011 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.