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Fukuko Moriya1, Nao Sakashita, Koujirou Saitoh
1Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine.
Abstract:
We experienced a case of paraurethral leiomyoma in a 36-year-old woman. She had been complaining of dysuria. She had noticed the presence of a mass in anterior vagina. That mass was about 3 x 3 cm, floating moderately firm with a smooth face sited in a paraurethral region. Magnetic resonance imaging showed medium-signal intensity on T1-weighted images and a homogeneous low signal on T2-weighted images. We diagnosed it as a paraurethral leiomyoma and enucleated it by surgery. At histological examination the tumor resulted in being a leiomyoma. The diagnosis and the treatment of female paraurethral leiomyoma are discussed.
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