Incidental urethral diverticulum stone in case with primary bladder cancer: Case report

Abstract

Urethral diverticulum is a saccular structure that localized anywhere along the course of urethra and also communicates with the urethral channel. It is rarely seen in men and it is an acquired abnormality. The most frequently encountered causes are long-term urethral catheterization, infection and trauma. While urethral stricture is most frequently detected in the etiology of urethral stone, urethral diverticulum is one of the very rarely seen causes of urethral stone. Herein, we reported a case of incidental diverticulum of the male urethra containing calculi that detected endoscopically in a 53-year-old man with a primary bladder tumor. 

Keywords

• Bladder cancer
• urethral di- verticulum
• calculi

Primer mesane tümörlü olguda nonsemptomatik üretra divertikülü içinde kalkül: Olgu sunumu

Abstract

Üretra divertikülü, üretra boyunca herhangi bir yerde, üretral kanalla iştiraki olan bir kesedir. Erkeklerde nadir görülür ve genellikle edinseldir. Erkeklerde üretra divertikülünün en sık karşılaşılan nedenleri uzun süreli üretral kateterizasyon, enfeksiyon ve travmadır. Üretra taşı etiyolojisinde en sık üretra darlığı saptanırken üretral divertikül çok nadir nedenlerinden biridir. Biz bu çalışmada, primer mesane tümörü vakasında; rastlantısal olarak sistoskopide saptadığımız; nadir görülen uretra divertikülü anomalisi içinde çok daha az sıklıkla görülen taş olgusunu raporladık. 

Keywords

• Mesane tümörü
• üretra divertikülü
• taş

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