title: Urethral leiomyoma expressing estrogen receptors.
abstract: A case of urethral leiomyoma is presented. The patient was a 48-year-old female who was hospitalized with a 4-year history of a progressively enlarging urethral mass. Based on clinical diagnosis of benign urethral tumor, local excision was performed. Histological diagnosis was urethral leiomyoma and the tumor cells demonstrated immunoreactivity for estrogen receptors. We report our experience of a leiomyoma of the urethra expressing estrogen receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Hospital, Japan. jpn3899@tokyo.interq.or.jp
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akakura
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hikage
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011960:Receptors, Estrogen