Surgical resection of retinoblastoma-associated bladder leiomyosarcoma during pregnancy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Management of a bladder tumor during pregnancy is an uncommon clinical situation. Leiomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder is a rare histological type of bladder tumor and a rare secondary cancer in survivors of retinoblastoma (RB). However, there has been no report of RB-associated bladder leiomyosarcoma during pregnancy.

Case presentation

A 37-year-old pregnant woman with a medical history of RB in infancy presented with gross hematuria at the 17^th week of gestation. Cystoscopy revealed a 40-mm papillary tumor on the left lateral wall of the urinary bladder. At the 25^th week of gestation, she underwent transurethral resection of the bladder tumor, and the pathological diagnosis was bladder leiomyosarcoma with loss of RB1 expression. At the 31<

SUBMITTER: Hoshina H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10367244 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature