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Case Reports
. 2016 May;10(5):PD14-5.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/18971.7858. Epub 2016 May 1.

Giant Leiomyosarcoma of the Urinary Bladder

José G A Ribeiro  1 , Carlos A B Klojda  2 , Claudio P De Araújo  1 , Lucas A S Pires  3 , Marcio A Babinski  4
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Case Reports

Giant Leiomyosarcoma of the Urinary Bladder

José G A Ribeiro et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 May.

Abstract

The bladder leiomyosarcoma is a rare and agressive mesenchymal tumour, and adult women of reproductive age have a higher incidence of developing the bladder leiomyosarcoma. The pathophysiology of the disease is not certain, and its main symptoms are hematuria, dysuria and abdominal pain. There are not a considerable amount of cases described in the literature. We report a case of a giant leiomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder in a 31-year-old woman.

Keywords: Cystectomy; Malignant mesenchymal tumour; Urinary Diversion.

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[Table/Fig-1]:
Superior view of the tumour, note that it occupies a large portion of the bladder’s lumen.
[Table/Fig-2]:
[Table/Fig-2]:
Lateral view of the tumour, it is fixated to the bladder wall through a shaft (black arrow).
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