GIANT URETHRAL LEIOMYOMA IN A YOUNG FEMALE WITH BLADDER OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION

Dr. Sasanka Kumar Barua; Dr. Atul Garg; Dr. Rajeev T.P.; Dr. Jyotiprasad Morang

Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2016

GIANT URETHRAL LEIOMYOMA IN A YOUNG FEMALE WITH BLADDER OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION

Dr. Sasanka Kumar Barua, Dr. Atul Garg, Dr. Rajeev T. P. , Dr. Jyotiprasad Morang

Abstract :

 Leiomyoma is a rare benign tumor of mesenchymal origin with a very rare occurrence in urethra. Only a few of cases have been reported in the literature. We hereby report a case of urethral leiomyoma in a twenty years old female who presented with complains of straining while micturition and a periurethral mass. Mass was completely excised. Histopathological studies confirmed the urethral leiomyoma, and the surgery completely resolved the original symptoms. On follow up Patient remained asymptomatic with no evidence of recurrence. Although the average age of occurrence of such tumors in females is about 41 years, the present case involves a young girl of 20 years and most importantly, the mass was bigger than the mean size of 3.9 cm and it was located in the anterior wall of distal urethra, an uncommon site of presentation of leiomyoma in females.