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CASE REPORT

A rare case of urinary bladder leiomyosarcoma accompanied by prostate cancer

Apostolos P. Labanaris¹, Vahudin Zugor², Bernd Meyer¹, Sven Scheuering¹, Sami Takriti¹, Reinhard Kühn¹

1 Department of Urology, Martha Maria Medical Center, Nurnberg, Germany
2 Department of Urology, University of Erlangen Medical Center, Erlangen, Germany
Address correspondence to Dr. Apostolos P. Labanaris, Department of Urology, Martha Maria Medical Center, Stadenstrasse 58, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany

Canadian Journal of Urology 2008, 15(2), 4009-4011.

Abstract

Non-urothelial neoplasms of the bladder account for less than 5% of all bladder tumors. Sarcoma constitutes the most usual mesenchymal malignancy of the bladder, with leiomyosarcomas being the most common type of sarcoma in adults. A coexistence of this rare tumor with another malignancy has not been reported, to our knowledge. This report demonstrates a case of high-grade bladder leiomyosarcoma cancer with prostate cancer in a 72-yearold patient. The most striking features of this case include the rapid disease progression that confirms the highly aggressive nature of this uncommon disease.

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