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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Acquired urethral diverticulum in a man with paraplegia presenting with a scrotal mass: A case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, Volume 6, Article 392, Year 2012
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Introduction. Male urethral diverticula are rare. Patients with paraplegia may present with acquired diverticula as a result of prolonged catheterization. Diverticula may be asymptomatic or lead to lower urinary tract symptoms. Rarely, the diverticulum may initially present as a scrotal mass. Case presentation. We report the case of a male 45-year-old Arab with paraplegia who presented with a mass in the peno-scrotal junction. He had in his medical history iterative prolonged urethral catheterizations associated with urine leakage through the urethral meatus upon applying compression. Diagnosis confirmation of urethral diverticula is obtained by retrograde urethrography. The patient underwent a diverticulectomy with urethroplasty. Conclusion: Male acquired urethral diverticula can be found in patients who have a spinal cord injury because of prolonged urethral catheterization. Clinical presentations are different and sometimes can be misleading. Retrograde urethrography is the key to diagnosis and open surgery is the treatment of reference. © 2012 El Ammari et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
El Ammari, Jalal Eddine
Morocco, Fez
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan Ii
Riyach, Omar
Morocco, Fez
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan Ii
Ahsaini, Mustapha
Morocco, Fez
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan Ii
France, Arras
Arras Hospital
Ahallal, Youness
Morocco, Fez
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan Ii
El Fassi, Mohammed Jamal
Morocco, Fez
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan Ii
Farih, Moulay Hassan
Morocco, Fez
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hassan Ii
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1752-1947-6-392
e-ISSN:
17521947
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Violence And Injury
Participants Gender
Male