TY - JOUR T1 - A young woman with endometriosis of kidney JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 244 LP - 246 VL - 27 IS - 2 AU - Pinaki Dutta AU - Mohammad H. Bhat AU - Anil Bhansali AU - Vijay Kumar Y1 - 2006/02/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/27/2/244.abstract N2 - Endometriosis of kidney is a rare manifestation of a relatively common disease. We report a case in which ovarian and renal endometriosis were diagnosed concurrently. The disease was probably silent for a long time due to coexistent thyrotoxicosis modifying estrogen metabolism. Fine needle aspiration cytology clinched the diagnosis of endometriosis and avoided unnecessary nephrectomy. ER -