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[Bladder leiomyoma. Review and report of a case]
F M Alapont Pérez1, M Gil Salom, P Chuan Nuez
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España.
Objective:
The present study reviews bladder leiomyoma, an uncommon pathology. The problems of differential diagnosis and the therapeutic options are discussed and the literature reviewed.
Methods/Results:
A 33-year-old female with anterolateral intramural leiomyoma of the bladder is described. Patient evaluation included US, cystography, CT, cystoscopy and ultrasound-guided suprapubic puncture.
Conclusions:
Leiomyoma is an uncommon benign tumor of the bladder. To our knowledge, only 235 cases have been reported in the literature. We advocate the use of ultrasound-guided suprapubic puncture, a simple procedure that is frequently diagnostic, in the evaluation of this tumor type.