The management of the congenital anterior urethral diverticula with calculi which is the cause of acute urinary retention (Globe vesicale): A case report

Yıl 2012, Cilt: 17 Sayı: 2, 102 - 104, 23.01.2013

Necip Pirinççi İlhan Geçit Mustafa Güneş Kerem Taken Serhat Tanık Kadir Ceylan

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Abstract. Congenital urethral diverticula with calculi has a low incidence as reported in the literature. Congenital diverticula have been seen % 10-20 in all urethral diverticula. The etiology of urethral stones are urethra and bladder stones, urethral diverticula, foreign matters, urethral stenosis and urethral trauma. Management of treatment urethral stones is surgery and endoscopy. Our case was a three years old boy who referred to our clinic due to globe vesicale. Diagnosis was performed with cystoscopy and the presence of a stone in the urethral diverticula.

 

Key words: Child, congenital urethral diverticula, endoscopic treatment, urethral stone

 

 

 

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