title: Gastric metaplasia of posterior urethral polyp: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaidane
authors.forename: Adnen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hidoussi
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slama
authors.forename: Wissem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hmida
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ben Sorba
authors.forename: Faouzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mosbah