Endometriosis in an ectopic kidney: a rare case report and literature review

Endometriosis mainly occurs in female pelvic organs. Endometriosis in the kidney is extremely rare. We herein describe a case of a 19-year-old girl with occasional mild abdominal pain associated with an ectopic left kidney. SPECT-CT showed no abnormal radioactive distribution in the left pelvis, sug...

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Published in:BMC women's health 2023-04, Vol.23 (1), p.203-203, Article 203
Main Authors: Chen, MengLin, Yu, YuanMeng, Zhao, XinXiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Abdominal Pain - etiology
Adult
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case reports
Causes of
Diagnosis
Ectopic kidney
Endometriosis
Endometriosis - complications
Endometriosis - pathology
Endometriosis - surgery
Fallopian tubes
Female
Females
Health aspects
Hematuria
Histopathology
Humans
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Diseases - complications
Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Diseases - surgery
Kidneys
Laparoscopic surgery
Laparoscopy
Literature reviews
Menstruation
Ovaries
Pain
Pathogenesis
Pathophysiology
Patient outcomes
Patients
Pelvic pain
Pelvis
Renal endometriosis
Teenage girls
Transplants & implants
Womens health
Young Adult
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Summary:Endometriosis mainly occurs in female pelvic organs. Endometriosis in the kidney is extremely rare. We herein describe a case of a 19-year-old girl with occasional mild abdominal pain associated with an ectopic left kidney. SPECT-CT showed no abnormal radioactive distribution in the left pelvis, suggesting loss of function of the ectopic kidney. Laparoscopic left ectopic kidney resection was subsequently performed. Histopathology revealed endometriosis of the ectopic left kidney. In female patients with clinical manifestations of abdominal pain and gross hematuria, the possibility of renal endometriosis should be considered.
ISSN:1472-6874
1472-6874
DOI:10.1186/s12905-023-02343-x