title: Multiple leiomyomata of the urinary bladder in a hysterectomized woman.
abstract: A 47 year-old previously hysterectomized para 0 gravida 0 presented with hematuria, abdominal pain and a palpable pelvic mass. Cystoscopy was normal. An ovarian tumor was suspected. At operation three leiomyomata originating from the bladder wall were found. This is a rare disease with only about 160 cases hitherto reported in the literature. The present case represents, as far as I know, the first case of multiple bladder leiomyoma reported in a woman. Bladder leiomyomata are a very rare differential diagnosis to ovarian tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital, Karlskrona, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Larsson
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery