[Acute urine retention: early clinical sign of a rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder or prostate in children: report of three cases]

Pediatr Med Chir. 2003 Mar-Apr;25(2):139-44.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Acute urine retention can be the first clinical sign of a rabdomyosarcoma (RMS) of bladder and prostate. This is particularly evident in the age group comprised between 2 and 4 years. The Authors report their experience on three cases of 2 years old males admitted for acute urine retention. One case was diagnosed to have an prostate RMS, the other two a RMS of the bladder. The prostate RMS refused the operation dying 2 years after operation. Of the two cases of RMS of the bladder, one was treated successfully by polychemotherapy treatment, the second, after polychemotherapy underwent a partial cystectomy. The Authors conclude affirming the importance of a ultrasonography of the lower urinary tract in all patients with acute retention of urine, since this could be the first sign of a RMS of prostate or bladder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostate / diagnostic imaging
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / complications*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography
  • Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / complications*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Retention / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Retention / etiology*