A rare cause of acute urinary retention— Primary malignant melanoma of prostate

Acute urinary retention is commonly seen in elderly male patient due to benign enlargement of prostate. We report a 65-year-old male presenting with acute urinary retention diagnosed to have primary malignant melanoma of prostate. Primary malignant melanoma of genitourinary tract is very uncommon di...

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Main Authors: Kalpesh Parmar, Ashish Khanna, Shrawan Kumar Singh, Manjeet Sharma
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Asian Journal of Urology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214388219300037
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description Acute urinary retention is commonly seen in elderly male patient due to benign enlargement of prostate. We report a 65-year-old male presenting with acute urinary retention diagnosed to have primary malignant melanoma of prostate. Primary malignant melanoma of genitourinary tract is very uncommon diagnosis in urology and prostate involvement is extremely rare. Till now only five cases have been reported. Keywords: Urinary retention, Malignant melanoma, Transurethral resection of prostate aggressive, Prostate
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spelling doaj-art-23da084415fe4daf98a4b97fe701077a2025-08-20T01:58:51ZengElsevierAsian Journal of Urology2214-38822019-10-016438038210.1016/j.ajur.2019.01.003A rare cause of acute urinary retention— Primary malignant melanoma of prostateKalpesh Parmar0Ashish Khanna1Shrawan Kumar Singh2Manjeet Sharma3Corresponding author.; Department of Urology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Urology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Urology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IndiaDepartment of Urology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IndiaAcute urinary retention is commonly seen in elderly male patient due to benign enlargement of prostate. We report a 65-year-old male presenting with acute urinary retention diagnosed to have primary malignant melanoma of prostate. Primary malignant melanoma of genitourinary tract is very uncommon diagnosis in urology and prostate involvement is extremely rare. Till now only five cases have been reported. Keywords: Urinary retention, Malignant melanoma, Transurethral resection of prostate aggressive, Prostatehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214388219300037
spellingShingle Kalpesh Parmar
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title A rare cause of acute urinary retention— Primary malignant melanoma of prostate
title_full A rare cause of acute urinary retention— Primary malignant melanoma of prostate
title_fullStr A rare cause of acute urinary retention— Primary malignant melanoma of prostate
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title_short A rare cause of acute urinary retention— Primary malignant melanoma of prostate
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