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Clinical evaluation and abdominal and transvaginal ultrasound suggested the presence of a voluminous (about 10\u2009cm in diameter) fibromyoma of the anterior uterus surface. The urodynamic evaluation demonstrated the presence of bladder outlet obstruction (voiding pressure greater than 20\u2009cm H<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>O and maximum flow rate less than 12\u2009mL\/s) with a postvoiding urine residual equal to 80\u2009mL; moreover, the presence of cystocele and urethral stricture was ruled out performing clinical evaluation, cystography, and cystourethroscopy. The patient underwent laparotomy to remove the uterine fibromyoma. Intraoperatively, a voluminous soft mass arising from the Retzius space was found; it was firmly adhered to the uterus with obliteration of vesicouterine pouch owing to severe adhesion to the anterior surface of uterus. The tumour was isolated, enucleated from the prevesical space, and removed; moreover, the patient became asymptomatic after surgery. 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