[Abscessed primary retroperitoneal leiomyoma].
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of primary retroperitoneal leiomyoma presenting as pelvic abscess.


RESULTS
A patient who had consulted for fever and hypogastric and perineal pain is described. The diagnostic imaging techniques disclosed a heterogeneous pelvic mass compatible with an abscess, which was drained. After the purulent material had been drained, the mass was removed surgically. The pathological analysis of the surgical specimen disclosed a retroperitoneal leiomyoma.


CONCLUSIONS
An abscessed primary retroperitoneal leiomyoma is a very uncommon tumor.
Llanes González
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Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, España.
Luján Galán
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M
Martín Osés
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E
Sánchez Sánchez
E
E
Llorente Abarca
C
C
Berenguer Sánchez
A
A
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery