Rd. Cespedes et al., PSEUDOSARCOMATOUS FIBROMYXOID TUMOR OF THE PROSTATE - A CASE-REPORT WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Urologia internationalis, 57(4), 1996, pp. 249-251
A previously healthy 42-year-old white male presented with urinary obs
truction, Radiographic evaluation revealed a 4-cm prostatic mass exten
ding into the bladder. Transrectal biopsies revealed a sarcomatoid his
tology with atypical spindle cells suspicious for possible sarcoma, A
transurethral resection of the prostate was performed revealing a beni
gn fibromyxoid lesion with spindle cell proliferation, Postoperatively
, the patient voided normally with no evidence of recurrence on follow
-up of over 1 year. The clinical presentation and histologic features
are consistent with pseudosarcomatous fibromyxoid tumor, a rare but be
nign lesion which has previously been mistaken for a malignant prostat
ic sarcoma. It is important for the urologist to recognize this benign
process so that radical procedures are not performed.