Gastric metaplasia of posterior urethral polyp: a case report.
Congenital polyps of the posterior urethra are rare lesions, and have often been described in boys. The polyps are benign lesion usually lined by a transitional epithelium, but cases of squamous or intestinal metaplasia have been reported.We report a case of a 10 years old boy referred for hematuria and dysuria.The voiding cysto urethrogram revealed a filling defect in the posterior urethra. At cystourethroscopy, a polyp of the posterior urethra was found and resected transurethrally. Histological examination showed a polyp with a fibro muscular core covered by focal gastric metaplasia with fundic gland. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of gastric metaplasia of urethral polyp.
Jaidane
Mehdi
M
Urology Department, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Hidoussi
Adnen
A
Slama
Adel
A
Hmida
Wissem
W
Ben Sorba
Nabil
N
Mosbah
Faouzi
F