Stromal prostatic sarcoma: a rare tumor with rare clinical and imaging presentation.

نویسندگان

  • Anamaría Rojas-Jiménez
  • Milagros Otero-Garcia
  • Alejandro Mateos-Martin
چکیده

Adult prostatic stromal sarcoma is a rare malignant tumor. The main presenting symptom is urinary retention secondary to bladder outlet obstruction. Prostatic Specific Antigen level can be normal. Imaging features show a prostate mass with or without pelvic organ invasion depending on the aggressiveness of the tumor. We present a patient with prostatic stromal sarcoma who debuted with urinary obstruction, leukocytosis and neutrophilia, prostate enlargement, and hypodense prostate areas on CT images, simulating prostatitis with abscess formation.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of radiology case reports

دوره 7 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013