title: MRI appearance of a leiomyoma of the female urethra.
abstract: Leiomyomas are rare in the urinary tract, with the kidney capsule being the most common location [1]. Leiomyoma of the female urethra is very rare. In 1992, Cheng et al. reviewed a total of 29 cases. They concluded that urethral leiomyoma is a rare condition that is difficult to distinguish clinically from other urethral lesions and that a histological diagnosis is essential [2]. Although we agree that the histological diagnosis is essential, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides useful pre-operative information in cases of leiomyoma of the female urethra, as our present case indicates. To our knowledge we report the second case of a primarily diagnostic approach with MRI for leiomyoma of the female urethra. Ikeda, R. (2001). Clinical Radiology56, 76-79.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan. ryosuke@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology