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. 2014 Sep;40(3):182-4.
doi: 10.5152/tud.2014.95777.

Congenital anterior urethral diverticulum

Sanjeet Kumar Singh  1 , Ms Ansari  1
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Congenital anterior urethral diverticulum

Sanjeet Kumar Singh et al. Turk J Urol. 2014 Sep.

Abstract

Congenital anterior urethral diverticulum (CAUD) may be found all along the anterior urethra and may present itself at any age, from infant to adult. Most children with this condition present with difficulty in initiating micturition, dribbling of urine, poor urinary stream, or urinary tract infection. A careful history will reveal that these children never had a good urinary stream since birth, and the telltale sign is a cystic swelling of the penile urethra. In this paper, we present two cases of CAUD that were managed by excision of the diverticulum with primary repair.

Keywords: Anterior urethral valve; congenital urethral diverticulum; cystic swelling.

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Figures

Figure 1. a, b.
Figure 1. a, b.
(a) RGU showing an anterior urethral diverticulum (b) MCU showing an anterior urethral diverticulum RGU: retrograde urethrogram; MCU: micturating urethrogram
Figure 2. a, b.
Figure 2. a, b.
(a) Combined RGU with MCU showing an anterior urethral diverticulum (b) Diverticulum at the penoscrotal junction RGU: retrograde urethrogram; MCU: micturating urethrogram
Figure 3. a, b.
Figure 3. a, b.
(a) Diverticulum after excision of the diverticular wall. (b) Diverticulum after repair
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