Open AccessGiant Leiomyosarcoma of the Urinary Bladder
Author(s) -
José Genilson Alves Ribeiro,
C. A. B. Klojda,
Claudio P De Araújo,
Lucas Alves Sarmento Pires,
Márcio Antônio Babinski
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18971.7858
Subject(s) - dysuria , leiomyosarcoma , medicine , urinary bladder , urinary system , abdominal pain , incidence (geometry) , urinary retention , urology , surgery , physics , optics
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.