Giant sclerosing leiomyoma of bladder presenting as chronic renal failure.
The clinical and pathologic features of a case of giant sclerosing leiomyoma of the bladder in a male Polynesian patient are reported. The presenting complication of chronic renal failure due to tumor envelopment of both ureters and consequent bilateral renal obstruction appears to be unique in the literature.
Delahunt
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Department of Pathology, Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Nacey
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Ferguson
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012598:Sclerosis; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology