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Renal endometriosis mimicking complicated cysts of kidney: report of two cases

F CannizzaroMassimo MidiriE GiambellucaG. Di BuonoAntonino AgrusaA BrunoRoberto LagallaDario GiambellucaGiuseppe SalvaggioF PanzutoDomenico AlbanoCesare Gagliardo

subject

AdultPathologymedicine.medical_specialtyUrinary systemEndometriosisEndometriosis030218 nuclear medicine & medical imagingClinical PracticeDiagnosis DifferentialRenal endometriosis - Extragenital endometriosis - Kidney - Complicated renal cyst - Endometrioma - Shading sign03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinemedicineHumansPelvic organKidney030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicinebusiness.industryMelanomaKidney Diseases Cysticmedicine.diseaseEctopic endometrial tissueSettore MED/18 - Chirurgia Generalemedicine.anatomical_structureFemaleKidney DiseasesSarcomaUterine cavitybusinessSettore MED/36 - Diagnostica Per Immagini E Radioterapia

description

Endometriosis is a common gynecologic disorder characterized by ectopic endometrial tissue growth outside the uterine cavity. Although usually occurring in pelvic organs, endometrial lesions may involve urinary tract. Renal endometriosis is extremely rare and it has only occasionally been reported in the past. We report two cases of patients with renal cystic lesions, incidentally found at imaging techniques during oncologic follow-up for gastric sarcoma and melanoma, initially misinterpreted as complicated haemorrhagic cysts and then histologically characterized as renal localizations of extragenital endometriosis.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-10-01
10.11138/gchir/2017.38.5.250http://hdl.handle.net/10447/251858