Surgical management for giant bladder leiomyosarcoma

While urothelial carcinoma is the most common histologic type of bladder cancer in the United States, leiomyosarcoma is a rare and aggressive variant. The rarity of bladder leiomyosarcoma results in uncertainty regarding the optimal treatment pathway. We report on a patient with a giant non-metastatic bladder leiomyosarcoma effectively managed with primary surgical intervention without chemoradiation.

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This article reports a rare case of bladder leiomyosarcoma effectively managed with primary surgical intervention without chemoradiation.