Hamartoma of the urinary bladder: case report and review of the literature

Bladder hamartoma is a rare benign entity with only eight cases reported in the literature thus far, and whose general imaging features have not, to o ur knowledge, been previously discussed. The purpose of this report is to r eview the literature and to discuss the imaging findings in one case of bla dder hamartoma where US features were those of an inhomogeneous solid mass with an unechogenic center, which was in accordance with the CT findings of a soft tissue mass with central inhomogeneous enhancement due to central n ecrosis.