TY  - EJOU
AU  - Saunders, Susan E. 
AU  - Conjeski, Jacob Matthew 
AU  - Zaslau, Stanley 
AU  - Williams, Jim 
AU  - Kandzari, Stanley J. 

TI  - Leiomyoma of the urinary bladder presenting as urinary retention in the female
T2  - Canadian Journal of Urology

PY  - 2009
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
SN  - 1488-5581

AB  - A case of leiomyoma of the urinary bladder, a rare benign 
tumor, in a 56-year-old female fi rst seen with bilateral fl ank 
pain radiating to both groins, is reported. Examination 
showed a well developed female with obesity (260 pounds) 
and elevated blood pressure (132/90 mmHg). Evaluation 
with ultrasound, cystoscopy, urodynamics, and cytology 
contributed to the diagnosis of urinary bladder leiomyoma. 
Ultrasound detected a mass in the urinary bladder, and 
it was confi rmed by cystoscopy to be a 5 cm to 6 cm 
bladder mass on the anterior bladder wall. The mass was 
prolapsing as a ball valve into the urethra at the level of 
the bladder neck. Frozen section of the mass showed it to 
be leiomyoma.
KW  - urinary retention
KW  -  leiomyoma
KW  -  bladder outlet obstruction

DO  -