title: [Acute urine retention: early clinical sign of a rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder or prostate in children: report of three cases].
abstract: Acute urine retention can be the first clinical sign of a rabdomyosarcoma (RMS) of bladder and prostate. This is particularly evident in the age group comprised between 2 and 4 years. The Authors report their experience on three cases of 2 years old males admitted for acute urine retention. One case was diagnosed to have an prostate RMS, the other two a RMS of the bladder. The prostate RMS refused the operation dying 2 years after operation. Of the two cases of RMS of the bladder, one was treated successfully by polychemotherapy treatment, the second, after polychemotherapy underwent a partial cystectomy. The Authors conclude affirming the importance of a ultrasonography of the lower urinary tract in all patients with acute retention of urine, since this could be the first sign of a RMS of prostate or bladder.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Messina.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arena
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fede
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Racchiusa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scalfari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zimbaro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arena
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romeo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*