[Two cases of primary female urethral cancer]
Takahiro Koizumi1, Shigehiro Bando, Kazuya Kanda
1Department of Urology, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Abstract:
Herein, we report two cases of female urethral cancer. Case 1 presented with acute urinary retention and case 2 presented with a painful perineal mass. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a urethral tumor in both cases. Histopathological examination of transperineal biopsy specimens from both patients suggested clear cell adenocarcinoma in case 1 and squamous cell carcinoma in case 2. Both cases underwent total urethrectomy with partial resection of the vaginal wall and cystostomy urinary diversion. With reference to case 1, obturator lymph node metastases were observed during surgery, and treatment comprised combined radiotherapy to 60 Gy and chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin following surgery. However, metastases appeared in the lung 6 months after initial treatment and she died 20 months after surgery. For case 2, tumor marker failure was observed 5 months after surgery. The same combined treatment was performed and a complete response was obtained. At 19 months after surgery, the patient showed no evidence of recurrence.
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