title: [Paraurethral leiomyoma in women].
abstract: We experienced a case of paraurethral leiomyoma in a 36-year-old woman. She had been complaining of dysuria. She had noticed the presence of a mass in anterior vagina. That mass was about 3 x 3 cm, floating moderately firm with a smooth face sited in a paraurethral region. Magnetic resonance imaging showed medium-signal intensity on T1-weighted images and a homogeneous low signal on T2-weighted images. We diagnosed it as a paraurethral leiomyoma and enucleated it by surgery. At histological examination the tumor resulted in being a leiomyoma. The diagnosis and the treatment of female paraurethral leiomyoma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Fukuko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakashita
authors.forename: Koujirou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Shino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery