title: Giant Leiomyosarcoma of the Urinary Bladder.
abstract: The bladder leiomyosarcoma is a rare and agressive mesenchymal tumour, and adult women of reproductive age have a higher incidence of developing the bladder leiomyosarcoma. The pathophysiology of the disease is not certain, and its main symptoms are hematuria, dysuria and abdominal pain. There are not a considerable amount of cases described in the literature. We report a case of a giant leiomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder in a 31-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: General Surgeon, Urology Specialist, Department of Urology, Fluminense Federal University , Brazil .
authors.forename: José G A
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: General Surgeon, Urology Specialist, Department of Urology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
authors.forename: Carlos A B
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Klojda
authors.affiliation: General Surgeon, Urology Specialist, Department of Urology, Fluminense Federal University , Brazil .
authors.forename: Claudio P De
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Nursing student, Department of Morphology, Fluminense Federal University , Brazil .
authors.forename: Lucas A S
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.affiliation: General Surgeon, Anatomy Professor, PhD, Department of Morphology, Fluminense Federal University , Brazil .
authors.forename: Marcio A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Babinski
keywords: Cystectomy; Malignant mesenchymal tumour; Urinary Diversion