Vesical Endometriosis in a male patient on treatment for papillary urothelial carcinoma

J West Afr Coll Surg. 2024 Jul-Sep;14(3):345-347. doi: 10.4103/jwas.jwas_130_23. Epub 2024 May 24.

Abstract

Endometriosis denotes the abnormal growth of tissue resembling endometrium in ectopic sites and has largely been studied in women of reproductive age. It is an extremely rare phenomenon in men. We came across an exceptional clinical scenario of histologically proven bladder endometriosis in a 66-year-old man in relook bladder biopsy following completion of adjuvant intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin induction course for G3pTa bladder cancer. We have pencilled down pathophysiology and commonly seen predisposing factors for "endometriosis in male patients" from available case reports and applied those findings to hypothesise the disease profile of our patient in this case report.

Keywords: Bladder endometriosis; finasteride; high circulating oestrogen level; intravesical BCG; men; steroid.

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  • Case Reports