title: [A case of bladder paraganglioma managed by transurethral approach, using holmium laser].
abstract: A 78-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a bladder tumor. He suffered from headaches and palpitations after voiding. Cystoscopy and MRI showed a submucosal bladder tumor which localized submucosally without invasion to the muscular layer. The tumor was positive for 131I-MIBG scintigraphy and we diagnosed it as a bladder paraganglioma. We enucleated the tumor en bloc from the bladder using holmium laser via transurethral approach, with minimal alteration of blood pressure during the procedure. The enucleated tumor was evacuated out of the bladder with a morcellator.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Yousuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamba
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*