title: Leiomyoma of the urinary bladder presenting as urinary retention in the female.
abstract: A case of leiomyoma of the urinary bladder, a rare benign tumor, in a 56-year-old female first seen with bilateral flank pain radiating to both groins, is reported. Examination showed a well developed female with obesity (260 pounds) and elevated blood pressure (132/90 mmHg). Evaluation with ultrasound, cystoscopy, urodynamics, and cytology contributed to the diagnosis of urinary bladder leiomyoma. Ultrasound detected a mass in the urinary bladder, and it was confirmed by cystoscopy to be a 5 cm to 6 cm bladder mass on the anterior bladder wall. The mass was prolapsing as a ball valve into the urethra at the level of the bladder neck. Frozen section of the mass showed it to be leiomyoma.
authors: Division of Urology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
authors: Susan E
authors: SE
authors: Saunders
authors: Jacob Matthew
authors: JM
authors: Conjeski
authors: Stanley
authors: S
authors: Zaslau
authors: Jim
authors: J
authors: Williams
authors: Stanley J
authors: SJ
authors: Kandzari
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*