[Fibroma of the bladder associated with a large diverticulum: a case report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1995 Jan;41(1):65-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman was admitted with a chief complaint of difficult urination on June 7, 1993. A filling defect and a large diverticulum were revealed on the cystogram. Cystoscopy showed a tumor, obstructing the internal urethral orifice at the bladder neck and a diverticulum at the right posterior wall of the bladder. Under the preoperative diagnosis of a benign bladder tumor with a diverticulum, resection of the tumor and transvesical diverticulectomy were performed by a suprapubic approach. The resected tumor was smooth-surfaced, elastic soft and was measured 2.0 by 1.5 by 1.0 cm in size. Histologically, the tumor was diagnosed as a benign fibroma of the urinary bladder. The postoperative course was uneventful. Non-epithelial benign bladder tumors are rare. To our knowledge, this is the 18th case of bladder fibroma in the Japanese literature. The characteristics of bladder fibroma are briefly described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Diverticulum / complications*
  • Female
  • Fibroma / complications*
  • Fibroma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases / complications*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / complications*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology