Li Hong, Sugimura Kazuro, Boku Michiko, Kaji Yasushi, Tachibana Mayumi, Kamidono Sadao
Department of Radiology, Kobe University, School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
Eur Radiol. 2003 Dec;13 Suppl 6:L105-8. doi: 10.1007/s00330-002-1736-0. Epub 2002 Oct 24.
We report MR imaging characteristics of a prostatic urethral polyp in a 35-year-old man. Traditionally, the methods of diagnosis include computed tomography, transrectal sonography, voiding cysto-urethrography, intravenous pyelography, urethroscopy, and cystoscopy. To our knowledge, MR findings have not been previously described. In this case, MR imaging clearly demonstrated a polypoid tumor located in the prostatic urethra with a stalk connected to the bladder neck. A pathological study revealed the polyp consisted of a fibrovascular core covered with a double layered, prostatic-type epithelium.