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Acquired giant urethral diverticulum and recurrent urolithiasis in a male paraplegic patient: a case report and review of literature


Keçiören Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Üroloji Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye


DOI :
2016; 11 (2): 54-57

Abstract

Urethral diverticulum is a rare pathologic entity. A 40 year-old male patient admitted to our clinic with left flank pain, dysuria, frequency, obstructive symptoms and sensation of incomp-lete emptying of urine. He was paraplegic and had a history of cerebral hemorrhage arising after an automobile accident. IVU(Intravenous urog-raphy) revealed staghorn left kidney stone. Left percutaneous nephrolitotomy was planned. Prior to cystoscopy, a urehtral diverticulum was diag-nosed. Urethrography revealed a diverticulum 8 cm in diameter. Open diverticulectomy and primary repair were performed. Diagnosis and treatment methods are important especially for treating symptomatic urethral diverticula.

Keywords: Acquired, paraplegia, staghorn, urethral diverticulum, urolithiasis


Abstract

Urethral diverticulum is a rare pathologic entity. A 40 year-old male patient admitted to our clinic with left flank pain, dysuria, frequency, obstructive symptoms and sensation of incomp-lete emptying of urine. He was paraplegic and had a history of cerebral hemorrhage arising after an automobile accident. IVU(Intravenous urog-raphy) revealed staghorn left kidney stone. Left percutaneous nephrolitotomy was planned. Prior to cystoscopy, a urehtral diverticulum was diag-nosed. Urethrography revealed a diverticulum 8 cm in diameter. Open diverticulectomy and primary repair were performed. Diagnosis and treatment methods are important especially for treating symptomatic urethral diverticula.

Keywords: Acquired, paraplegia, staghorn, urethral diverticulum, urolithiasis