Bladder Hamartoma in a Fetus: Case Report

Alberto Pieretti; Chin-Lee Wu; Rafael V Pieretti

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2014.06.005

Bladder Hamartoma in a Fetus: Case Report

Urol Case Rep. 2014 Aug 27;2(5):154-5. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2014.06.005. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Authors

Alberto Pieretti¹, Chin-Lee Wu², Rafael V Pieretti³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA; Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA.
³ Section of Pediatric Urology, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

We present the case of the youngest reported patient with a bladder hamartoma detected prenatally by ultrasonography. Bladder tumors in newborns are rare, but a hamartoma should not be discarded among the diagnostic possibilities when evaluating a fetus or a newborn with a polypoid bladder lesion.

Keywords: Bladder; Hamartoma; Prenatal; Tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports