A case of primary urethral lymphoma presenting as a huge mass surrounding the female urethra

Y Shimizu; O Ogawa; T Terachi; Y Okada; O Yoshida

A case of primary urethral lymphoma presenting as a huge mass surrounding the female urethra

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1997 Mar;43(3):229-32.

Authors

Y Shimizu¹, O Ogawa, T Terachi, Y Okada, O Yoshida

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University.

PMID: 9127761

Abstract

A patient with a primary malignant lymphoma surrounding the female urethra is reported. Despite the good response of the primary tumor to radiotherapy, the patient died shortly after diagnosis due to disseminated disease. We reviewed 16 cases of this rare entity reported previously.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Lymphoma, B-Cell / diagnosis*
Lymphoma, B-Cell / radiotherapy
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnosis*
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / radiotherapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Urethral Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Urethral Neoplasms / radiotherapy