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To the Editor: Ureteral obstruction is an infrequent but serious complication of pelvic endometriosis. Often, endometriosis is not identified as the cause of the obstruction before surgery. Hormonal therapy has been attempted,¹ but surgery remains the treatment of choice. The diagnosis of external as opposed to internal endometriosis cannot be made reliably at surgery,² and therefore there is controversy over whether segmental resection and anastomosis or ureterolysis is indicated. We describe a woman with ureteral obstruction that was managed medically with magnetic resonance imaging and hormonal therapy.

A 46-year-old woman with a history of severe endometriosis and left oophorectomy received . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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