Endometrioma suburetral

• Author(s): Cabral-Ribeiro, J ; Pérez García, D ; Martins-Silva, C ; Ribeiro-Santos, A
• Date: 2007
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/430
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga
• Subject(s): Doenças Uretrais; Endometriose
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Spanish

Description

Endometriosis is a common disease affecting mostly women in childbearing age. It usually involves the internal pelvic organs but occasionally can present in unusual locations. We report on a 32-year-old nulliparos female presenting with a suburethral painful mass causing obstructive voiding symptoms; she had also a long history of dismenorreia, perimenstrual pelvic pain, urinary tract infections, disúria and dispareunia. The diagnostic work-up revealed a suburethral cystic lesion consistent with a complicated urethral diverticulum or a suburethral endometrioma. Complete surgical excision confirmed an endometriotic cyst. The differential diagnosis of this rare suburethral location of endometriosis with other vaginal cysts is discussed.