Case Report

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the male urethra: a case report

Youness Ahallal¹ , Mohammed Fadl Tazi¹ , Abdelhak Khallouk¹ , Elmehdi Tazi² , Amal Benlemlih³ , Mohammed Jamal El Fassi¹ and Moulay Hassan Farih¹

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

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Cases Journal 2009, 2:207doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-207

Published:	18 November 2009

Abstract

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.