A rare cause of acute urinary retention— Primary malignant melanoma of prostate

Acute urinary retention is commonly seen in elderly male patient due to benign enlargement of prostate. We report a 65-year-old male presenting with acute urinary retention diagnosed to have primary malignant melanoma of prostate. Primary malignant melanoma of genitourinary tract is very uncommon di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Parmar, Kalpesh, Khanna, Ashish, Singh, Shrawan Kumar, Sharma, Manjeet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Second Military Medical University 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6872850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31768327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajur.2019.01.003
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Sumario:Acute urinary retention is commonly seen in elderly male patient due to benign enlargement of prostate. We report a 65-year-old male presenting with acute urinary retention diagnosed to have primary malignant melanoma of prostate. Primary malignant melanoma of genitourinary tract is very uncommon diagnosis in urology and prostate involvement is extremely rare. Till now only five cases have been reported.

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