Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 33-1992. A 34-year-old woman with endometriosis and bilateral hydronephrosis
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This case report describes a 34-year-old woman admitted for low-back and flank pain with oliguria, who had a history of endometriosis, abdominal surgeries, and Graves' disease.
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Presentation of CaseA 34-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of low-back and flank pain, with oliguria.The patient was well until seven years earlier, when severe abdominal pain developed, and a laparotomy performed at another hospital revealed endometriosis with intraperitoneal bleeding from the right ovary; a right oophorectomy was performed. Thereafter, the patient experienced chronic abdominal pain. Three years before entry abdominal adhesions were lysed at a second hospital. Eighteen months before admission leuprolide acetate was prescribed and was continued for 16 months. Eight months before admission evidence of Graves' disease was found; atenolol was prescribed, and . . .
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Cites (2)
- Lupron depot (leuprolide acetate for depot suspension) in the treatment of endometriosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Lupron Study Group 1990
- GnRH analogues in the treatment of endometriosis 1989
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- Endometriosis arising during estrogen and testosterone treatment 17 years after abdominal hysterectomy: a case report 2003
- Renal and diaphragmatic endometriosis de novo associated with hormone replacement therapy 1995
- Acute renal failure precipitated by luteinizing-hormone releasing hormone analogue for the treatment of endometriosis 1994
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- Endometriosis arising during estrogen and testosterone treatment 17 years after abdominal hysterectomy: a case report 2003
- Renal and diaphragmatic endometriosis de novo associated with hormone replacement therapy 1995
- Acute renal failure precipitated by luteinizing-hormone releasing hormone analogue for the treatment of endometriosis 1994
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