A rare benign genitourinary tumor in a Japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostate
Close examination of a 67-year-old Japanese man, who complained of persistent nocturia, revealed that a semitransparent polypoid tumor had developed from the bladder neck to the prostatic urethra obstructing the internal urethral meatus, which resulted in excessive urinary retention and post-renal d...
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doaj-21ddd781f0684ed191fadd85c0ccd05a2020-11-25T03:43:00ZengSAGE PublishingRare Tumors2036-36052036-36132010-03-0121e15e1510.4081/rt.2010.e15A rare benign genitourinary tumor in a Japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostateHayakazu NakazawaYugo SawadaNobuhiko TsushimaMotohiko AibaFumio ItoClose examination of a 67-year-old Japanese man, who complained of persistent nocturia, revealed that a semitransparent polypoid tumor had developed from the bladder neck to the prostatic urethra obstructing the internal urethral meatus, which resulted in excessive urinary retention and post-renal dysfunction. The tumor was resected by a transurethral procedure and a pathological examination of specimens revealed aggressive angiomyxoma (AAM) of the prostate. AAM usually develops in the intrapelvic and perineal organs of females. So far as we know, this is the second case of primary prostatic AAM reported in the English literature, and is the first case where the patient encountered urethral obstruction.http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/1076UrologyOncologyBenign TumorsProstate |
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Hayakazu Nakazawa Yugo Sawada Nobuhiko Tsushima Motohiko Aiba Fumio Ito A rare benign genitourinary tumor in a Japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostate Rare Tumors Urology Oncology Benign Tumors Prostate |
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Hayakazu Nakazawa Yugo Sawada Nobuhiko Tsushima Motohiko Aiba Fumio Ito |
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Hayakazu Nakazawa |
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A rare benign genitourinary tumor in a Japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostate |
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A rare benign genitourinary tumor in a Japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostate |
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A rare benign genitourinary tumor in a Japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostate |
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A rare benign genitourinary tumor in a Japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostate |
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A rare benign genitourinary tumor in a Japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostate |
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rare benign genitourinary tumor in a japanese male: urinary retention owing to aggressive angiomyxoma of the prostate |
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SAGE Publishing |
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Rare Tumors |
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2036-3605 2036-3613 |
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2010-03-01 |
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Close examination of a 67-year-old Japanese man, who complained of persistent nocturia, revealed that a semitransparent polypoid tumor had developed from the bladder neck to the prostatic urethra obstructing the internal urethral meatus, which resulted in excessive urinary retention and post-renal dysfunction. The tumor was resected by a transurethral procedure and a pathological examination of specimens revealed aggressive angiomyxoma (AAM) of the prostate. AAM usually develops in the intrapelvic and perineal organs of females. So far as we know, this is the second case of primary prostatic AAM reported in the English literature, and is the first case where the patient encountered urethral obstruction. |
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Urology Oncology Benign Tumors Prostate |
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http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/1076 |
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