Gastric metaplasia of posterior urethral polyp: a case report

Congenital polyps of the posterior urethra are rare lesions, and have often been described in boys. The polyps are benign lesion usually lined by a transitional epithelium, but cases of squamous or intestinal metaplasia have been reported.We report a case of a 10 years old boy referred for hematuria and dysuria.The voiding cysto urethrogram revealed a filling defect in the posterior urethra.

At cystourethroscopy, a polyp of the posterior urethra was found and resected transurethrally. Histological examination showed a polyp with a fibro muscular core covered by focal gastric metaplasia with fundic gland.

To our knowledge this is the first reported case of gastric metaplasia of urethral polyp.

Author: Mehdi JaidaneAdnen HidoussiAdel SlamaWissem HmidaNabil Ben SorbaFaouzi Mosbah
Credits/Source: Cases Journal 2009, 2:9119

Published on: 2009-11-30

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