Male urethral sarcoma: a case report and literature review / Sarcoma de uretra masculina: relato de caso e revisão de literatura
Einstein (Säo Paulo)
; 14(1): 64-66, Jan.-Mar. 2016. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Urethral tumors are rare and aggressive. They usually affect men (21) and occur more commonly in white (85% of cases). Soft tissue sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that arise from embryonic mesoderm. It represents 1% of all cases of urinary tract malignancies and rarely primary affect the ureter. We report a case of male urethral sarcoma. To date, only two similar cases have been published in literature.
RESUMO
Os tumores de uretra são muito raros e bastante agressivos. Acometem mais frequentemente homens (21) e são mais comuns na raça branca (85% dos casos). Os sarcomas de tecidos moles são um grupo heterogêneo de tumores que surgem a partir da mesoderme embrionária e representam 1% de todos os casos de doença maligna urinária, raramente acometendo a uretra primariamente. Relamos aqui um caso extremamente raro de sarcoma uretral masculino com somente dois semelhantes publicados na literatura.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Sarcoma
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Urethral Neoplasms
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Rare Diseases
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Einstein (Säo Paulo)
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil