Large bladder leiomyoma: a case report

Abstract

The incidence of mesenchymal bladder tumors is 1–5 %; of them, 0.43 % are bladder leiomyomas. The choice of treatment strategy primar-ily depends on the size and location of the tumor. Small endovesical leiomyomas can be removed by transurethral resection of the bladder, while in case of large (>5 cm) intramural or extravesical leiomyomas, laparoscopic resection is more effective. In this article, we report a case of large (>7 cm) bladder leiomyoma in a 28-year-old female patient. The patient has undergone laparoscopic resection of the bladder at P.A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute.