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An unusually large leiomyoma of the prostate
Division of Urology, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Fernando Abarzua-Cabezas, Urology Division, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, 85 Seymour Street, Suite 416, Hartford, CT 06106 USA
Canadian Journal of Urology 2014, 21(1), 7157-7159.
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Prostate leiomyomas are benign mesenchymal smooth muscle tumors devoid of glandular elements within the prostate or juxta-prostatic position. Leiomyomas develop in organs containing smooth muscle, including the kidney, bladder and seminal vesicle. Prostate leiomyomas are either a pure form or associatedwithbenignprostatehyperplasia,anddiagnosis is challenging, with defnitive identifcation relying on pathology. However, imaging techniques, such as MRI, have proven to be useful diagnostic tools. We report on a 57-year-old male with lower urinary tract symptomatology who was diagnosed with a large prostate leiomyoma and underwent an open radical cystoprostatectomy and ileal conduit urinary diversion.Keywords
outcome, leiomyoma, prostate, diagnosis
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Kapp, B., Abarzua-Cabezas, F., Cusano, A., Meraney, A. (2014). An unusually large leiomyoma of the prostate. Canadian Journal of Urology, 21(1), 7157–7159.
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Kapp B, Abarzua-Cabezas F, Cusano A, Meraney A. An unusually large leiomyoma of the prostate. Can J Urology. 2014;21(1):7157–7159.
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B. Kapp, F. Abarzua-Cabezas, A. Cusano, and A. Meraney, “An unusually large leiomyoma of the prostate,” Can. J. Urology, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 7157–7159, 2014.
Copyright © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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