Male urethral sarcoma: a case report and literature review

Male urethral sarcoma: a case report and literature review

Urethral tumors are rare and aggressive. They usually affect men (2:1) and occur more commonly in white (85% of cases). Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that arise from embryonic mesoderm. It represents 1% of all cases of urinary tract malignancies and rarely primary affect t...

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Main Authors: Magno Almeida Nogueira, Guilherme Campelo Lopes dos Santos, Roberto Iglesias Lopes, Octavio Henrique Arcos Campos, Marcos Francisco Dall'Oglio, Alexandre Crippa Sant'Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
Subjects:
Sarcoma
Neoplasias uretrais
Hematúria
Relatos de casos
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082016000100064&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:Urethral tumors are rare and aggressive. They usually affect men (2:1) and occur more commonly in white (85% of cases). Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that arise from embryonic mesoderm. It represents 1% of all cases of urinary tract malignancies and rarely primary affect the ureter. We report a case of male urethral sarcoma. To date, only two similar cases have been published in literature.
ISSN:2317-6385

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