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CASE REPORT

Incidental seminal vesicle smooth muscle neoplasm of unknown malignancy following robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

David B. Samadi¹, Bilal Chughtai², Ardavan Akhavan³, Khurshid Guru⁴, Jamil Rehman⁵

1 Department of Urology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
2 Division of Urology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
3 Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
4 Department of Urologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
5 Department of Urology, School of Medicine, SUNY-Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Jamil Rehman, Director, Laparoscopic Urology, Laparoscopic Oncology and Laparoscopic Female Pelvic Reconstruction, Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, Department of Urology, School of Medicine SUNY-Stony Brook, HSC L-9,Room 040, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8093 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2008, 15(3), 4109-4111.

Abstract

Primary soft tissue sarcomas of the genitourinary tract are rarely seen, especially in the seminal vesicle. While sarcomas have been reported in the seminal vesicle, this is the fi rst report of a smooth muscle neoplasm, of uncertain malignant potential, involving the seminal vesicle. The fi nding was incidental, following robotic-assisted radical retropubic prostatectomy for prostate cancer. To our knowledge, this is also the fi rst report of a primary seminal vesicle tumor found following radical prostatectomy. A clinical case review and a brief review of the literature are presented.

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