[A case of primary adenocarcinoma of the female urethra].
A 53-year-old female visited our hospital with a complaint of acute urinary retention. Transvaginal ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed extreme thickening of the urethral wall. Histopathological examination of the transvaginal needle biopsy suggested well-differentiated adenocarcinoma. She underwent total cysto-urethrectomy with partial vaginal wall resection and ileal conduit urinary diversion. Pathological diagnosis of the tumor was columnar adenocarcinoma invading into the vaginal wall and periurethral connective tissue. Fifty-eight cases of primary adenocarcinoma of the female urethra in the Japanease literature are briefly reviewed.
Seki
H
H
Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Ukimura
S
S
Mizutani
Y
Y
Kawauchi
A
A
Nakao
M
M
Miki
T
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology