title: [Abscessed primary retroperitoneal leiomyoma].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Llanes González
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luján Galán
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martín Osés
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sánchez Sánchez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Llorente Abarca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berenguer Sánchez
mesh_terms: 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