Case Report
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the male urethra: a case report
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* Corresponding author: Youness Ahallal dryouness@gmail.com
1 Department of Urology, Teaching Hospita Hassan II, Fez, 30000, Morocco
2 Department of Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Teaching Hospital Ibn Sina, 1000, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Histopathology, Teaching Hospital Hassan II, Fez, 30000, Morocco
Cases Journal 2009, 2:207 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-207
Published: 18 November 2009Abstract
Background
Cancers of the male urethra constitute less than 1% of all malignant urological tumours, and the occurrence of sarcomas in the urethra is even less frequent. To our knowledge, only one case has been previously described in the English literature.
Case presentation
We report the clinical features, histology, imaging and treatment of urethral leiomyosarcoma in a male patient.
Conclusion
The occurrence of sarcoma in the urethra is most unusual, and its appearance as a primary growth in the male urethra is not recorded in the English literature. In conclusion, this case highlights a rare type of primary male urethral malignancy that features a poor prognosis.