Ureteral endometriosis: a complication of rectovaginal endometriotic (adenomyotic) nodules.
(2002) Fertility and Sterility — Vol. 77, n° 1, p. 32-37 (2002)
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- OBJECTIVE: To present data from 18 cases of ureteral endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective clinical study. SETTING: Department of gynecology at a university hospital. PATIENT(S): Four hundred and five patients with severe dysmenorrhea or deep dyspareunia due to a rectovaginal endometriotic (adenomyotic) nodule. INTERVENTION(S): Patients were prospectively evaluated using intravenous pyelography. All patients underwent laparoscopic surgery to remove rectovaginal adenomyosis and ureterolysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Presurgical and postsurgical evaluation and histologic analysis. RESULT(S): Preoperative intravenous pyelography revealed ureteral stenosis with ureterohydronephrosis in 18 patients (4.4%). A significantly higher prevalence (11.2%) was observed in nodules > or = 3 cm in diameter. Five women (20%) had complete ureteral stenosis. Kidney scintigraphy revealed damaged kidney parenchymal function, which ranged from 18% to 42%. Laparoscopic ureterolysis was done in 16 women; 2 women underwent ureteral resection and uretero-ureterostomy. A significant postoperative decrease in ureterohydronephrosis was noted in all patients; however, renal function improved only slightly. CONCLUSION(S): Ureteral endometriosis was found in 4.4% of patients with rectovaginal endometriotic (adenomyotic) nodules. Ureterolysis and removal of associated adenomyotic lesions was sufficient therapy in most patients; two required resection of the ureteral stenotic segment. Intravenous pyelography should be performed in all women with rectovaginal nodules > or = 3 cm to prevent nonreversible loss of renal function.
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Donnez, J., Nisolle, M., & Squifflet, J.-L. (2002). Ureteral endometriosis: a complication of rectovaginal endometriotic (adenomyotic) nodules. Fertility and Sterility, 77(1), 32-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0015-0282(01)02921-1 (Original work published 2002)