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ArticleCureus2021

A Primary Urothelial Carcinoma Presenting as a Mid-Bulbar Urethral Stricture in a 30-Year-Old Male.

Mohammad A Alghafees, Raouf M Seyam, Waleed M Altaweel, Omar S Alghamdi, Turki Al-Hussain, Tariq Alotaibi, Abdullah Alturki, Laila Alessa

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Mohammad A AlghafeesMedicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, SAU.
Raouf M SeyamUrology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, SAU.
Waleed M AltaweelUrology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, SAU.
Omar S AlghamdiMedicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Turki Al-HussainPathology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, SAU.
Tariq AlotaibiUrology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, SAU.
Abdullah AlturkiUrology, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Laila AlessaUrology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, SAU.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bulbar urethra is the most common site of anterior urethral strictures. In this case report, we present a 30-year-old male who was referred to us as a case of mid-bulbar urethral stricture. Urethroplasty was booked and a papillary lesion was found on routine diagnostic cystoscopy. An open biopsy was taken which showed invasive high-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma with squamous differentiation. This case is rare in terms of a young age of incidence, a lack of risk factors, an absence of suspicious symptoms, and a short duration of signs and symptoms. Urologists should consider workup for malignancy even in young patients who present with an idiopathic urethral stricture and a short duration of symptoms.

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high grade urothelial carcinomarare cancerssurgical oncologyurethral strictureuro oncology

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PMID34476142
PMCPMC8404477

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