Mature Cystitic Teratoma of the Bladder Masquerading as a Distal Ureteral Stone
Mohamed Omar1, Mohamed El-Gharabawy2, Ahmed Samir2
1Glickman Urology & Kidney Institute - Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Abstract:
A 27-year woman presented with irritative lower urinary tract symptoms and alleged small right distal ureteric stone that had been diagnosed with KUB and non-contrast spiral CT. Patient was scheduled for ureteroscopic lithotripsy, revealing absence of the presumed stone, while cystoscopy showed unexpected 2 cm pedunculated grayish white lesion, situated on the right lateral wall of the bladder with sparse hairs covering it. An incomplete TURBT was done; the histological findings correlated with the gross picture seen on cystoscopy. Following CT urography, the patient went an open partial cystectomy and right oophorectomy; the histopathology was consistent with mature bladder teratoma.
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