Lymphocele resulting from radical prostatectomy
Diagnosis almost certain
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The patient had stress urinary incontinence and was, therefore, sent for an abdominopelvic CT, the clinical question being whether there was a mass pressing on the urinary bladder. As it turned out, the only thing pressing on it was a lymphocele on its left, resulting from the prostatectomy.
Lymphoceles are a common complication of radical lymphadenectomy.
-<p>The patient had stress urinary incontinence and was, therefore, sent for an abdominopelvic CT, the clinical question being whether there was a mass pressing on the urinary bladder. As it turned out, the only thing pressing on it was a lymphocele on its left, resulting from the prostatectomy.</p>- +<p>The patient had stress urinary incontinence and was, therefore, sent for an abdominopelvic CT, the clinical question being whether there was a mass pressing on the urinary bladder. As it turned out, the only thing pressing on it was a lymphocele on its left.</p><p>Lymphoceles are a common complication of radical lymphadenectomy.</p>
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Status post-radical prostatectomy. No evidence of local recurrence.LymphoceleOval cystic structure measuring 3.5 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm between left iliac vessels and urinary bladder, consistent with lymphocele.
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