PRIMARY TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA OF TH E URETHRA - A CASE-REPORT

We report an unusual case of primary transitional cell carcinoma in th e bulbar urethra, The patient was a 52-year-old man with a history of sexually transmitted disease. The clinical presentation was bladder re tention with urethral bleeding. Radiological examination and cystoscop y showed a bulbar urethral tumor. The pathological diagnosis was Grade III transitional cell carcinoma with invasion of the corpus spongosiu m (T2). Partial resection of the urethra was performed and the patient has been without evidence of disease for two years.