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Giant-cell tumor of the urethra: Report of an unusual case

Urethral strictures may present due to many causes. Obstructive urinary symptoms secondary to urethral malignancy is a rare presentation. Moreover, primary giant-cell tumor (GCT) arising in the urethra is an extremely unusual entity, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been described till d...

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Autores principales: Rao, Meenakshi, Choudhary, Gautam Ram, Malik, Akanksha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6458817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31000925
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iju.IJU_286_18
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Sumario:Urethral strictures may present due to many causes. Obstructive urinary symptoms secondary to urethral malignancy is a rare presentation. Moreover, primary giant-cell tumor (GCT) arising in the urethra is an extremely unusual entity, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been described till date; therefore, the clinical behavior is uncertain. We report a clinically unsuspected case of GCT of the urethra, who presented with urethral stricture.