Related Experiment Videos
[Echographic diagnosis of female urethral diverticulum]
I Fernández González1, E Sánchez Sánchez, E Martín Osés
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, España.
Objective:
To describe the utility of transrectal ultrasound as an alternative imaging technique in the diagnosis of diverticulum of the female urethra.
Methods/Results:
A 35-year-old female that had been initially diagnosed as having a benign tumor of the vagina is described. The voiding cystogram, positive pressure urethrography with a double balloon catheter and urethroscopy were falsely negative for urethral diverticulum of the female urethra. Subsequent evaluation by transrectal ultrasound disclosed on oval-shaped, anechoic lesion located posteriorly to base of the bladder.
Conclusions:
Transrectal ultrasound could be the diagnostic imaging technique of choice in patients suspected as having diverticulum of the female urethra.