Acute urinary tract obstruction in dyskeratosis congenita

Dyskeratosis congenita is a multisystem disease affecting internal organs as well as the skin, nails, and mucous membranes. Tumors of the skin, tongue, cervix, and esophagus may develop in the disease. In this report we describe acute urinary retention that developed due to congenital meatal atresia and small foci of white plaques constricting the urethral meatus in a 27-year-old man with dyskeratosis congenita.