Myofibroblastic inflammatory tumors of the bladder.
Bladder myofibroblastic inflammatory tumors are rare benign proliferative lesions that can simulate both urothelial and connective tissue malign neoplasms, making a preoperative diagnosis nearly impossible. Conservative treatment appears to be curative, even though local recurrences have been reported, and so malignancy should be ruled out above all by means of an accurate follow-up. Two cases are described, 1 of which with the longest follow-up period reported so far (8 years).
Antonelli
Alessandro
A
Department of Urology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Tanello
Marco
M
Zanotelli
Tiziano
T
Frego
Ezio
E
Tardanico
Regina
R
Cosciani Cunico
Sergio
S
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000628:therapy; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy