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[Congenital urethral diverticulum in adults]
J A Rodríguez Andrés1, V Escobal Tamayo, J Campá Bortoló
1Servicio de Urología del Hospital de Mendaro, Guipúzcoa, España.
Objective:
To report an additional case of congenital urethral diverticulum that was incidentally discovered in an adult patient that presented with prostatic syndrome.
Methods:
The clinical features diagnosis and treatment of this urethral anomaly are discussed.
Results/Conclusions:
Congenital urethral diverticulum is an uncommon finding that usually requires treatment only if it is large or causes important symptoms. The patient described herein had a small urethral diverticulum that did not require treatment. However, the dome of the diverticulum was ruptured during urethrocystoscopy, thus facilitating drainage.
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