Laparoscopic extramucosal partial bladder resection in a patient with symptomatic deep-infiltrating endometriosis of the bladder, adenomyosis uteri and asymptomatic deep-infiltrat…

Endometriosis is a chronic endocrine-dependent disease of the uterine tissues characterized by proliferating endometrium-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. It is a potentially debilitating condition which is prevalent in about 10 to 15% of the female population. Involvement of the urinary tract by endometriosis is estimated in 1 to 2% of all cases, most frequently affecting the bladder. Deep infiltrating endometriosis of the bladder is defined as endometriotic lesions infiltrating the bladder muscularis propria6. In general, patients suffer from pelvic pain as well as from cyclic dysuria. Macro- or microhem…