title: [Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the prostate: a case report and review of the literature].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the prostate.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of a case of IMT of the prostate and reviewed relevant literature. The patient was a 62-year-old man, who was twice referred to the local hospital for recurrence of dysuria. He was diagnosed as with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and twice underwent transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). But frequent recurrence of dysuria followed postoperatively, for which he came to our hospital and received another TURP and transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT). Pathological findings showed chronic inflammation of the bladder, papillary hyperplasia with mild dysplasia in regional urothelial and IMT of the prostate. Six months later, the patient came again to our hospital for recurrence of dysuria. Computed tomography revealed a large mass in the bladder.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient underwent laparoscopic bladder radical resection and ileal conduit diversion, simultaneously with pelvic lymph node dissection. The pathological examination confirmed it to be an IMT of the prostate with the bladder but not regional lymph nodes involved. An 11-month follow-up showed neither local recurrence nor distant metastasis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IMT of the prostate is a rare borderline lesion, whose diagnosis is very difficult and mainly depends on pathological findings. IMT of the prostate is liable to recur and even invade the bladder. Radical resection is recommended for patients with large and recurrent tumors, and close follow-up is strongly warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China.
authors.forename: Hui-Hui
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shao-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiong-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qi
mesh_terms: D018238:Gonadoblastoma; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms; D012189:Retrospective Studies