title: [A case of primary adenocarcinoma of the female urethra].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ukimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miki
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology