Williams O E, Kynaston H, Dixon G, Arya O P
University Department of Medical Microbiology and Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Genitourin Med. 1992 Oct;68(5):332-3. doi: 10.1136/sti.68.5.332.
Amyloid tumour involving the urethra is a well recognised but rare occurrence. Chronic inflammation secondary to gonococcal urethritis is thought to be a possible predisposing factor. We report the case of a young man who presented with non-gonococcal urethritis and haematuria and was subsequently found to have primary amyloid of the urethra.