Congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculation

Male urethral diverticulum is an uncommon condition typically caused by previous surgeries, inflammation, or trauma. There are very few case reports of primary male urethral diverticulum, with only one report linking it to ejaculatory problems. In this report, we present a rare case of congenital ma...

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Main Authors: Kholoud Alabassi, Abdulla Al-Naimi, Osama Abdalfattah, Tarek Ibrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442023001493
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author Kholoud Alabassi
Abdulla Al-Naimi
Osama Abdalfattah
Tarek Ibrahim
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description Male urethral diverticulum is an uncommon condition typically caused by previous surgeries, inflammation, or trauma. There are very few case reports of primary male urethral diverticulum, with only one report linking it to ejaculatory problems. In this report, we present a rare case of congenital male urethral diverticulum who presented with lower urinary tract symptoms and anejaculation that was successfully treated through open urethral diverticulectomy.
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spelling doaj.art-75b927af870845c4aec856bd4d4986982023-09-09T04:55:22ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202023-09-0150102463Congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculationKholoud Alabassi0Abdulla Al-Naimi1Osama Abdalfattah2Tarek Ibrahim3Department of Surgery, Urology Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050, QatarDepartment of Surgery, Urology Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050, QatarDepartment of Surgery, Urology Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050, QatarCorresponding author.; Department of Surgery, Urology Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050, QatarMale urethral diverticulum is an uncommon condition typically caused by previous surgeries, inflammation, or trauma. There are very few case reports of primary male urethral diverticulum, with only one report linking it to ejaculatory problems. In this report, we present a rare case of congenital male urethral diverticulum who presented with lower urinary tract symptoms and anejaculation that was successfully treated through open urethral diverticulectomy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442023001493Urethral diverticulumAnejaculationCase report
spellingShingle Kholoud Alabassi
Abdulla Al-Naimi
Osama Abdalfattah
Tarek Ibrahim
Congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculation
Urology Case Reports
Urethral diverticulum
Anejaculation
Case report
title Congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculation
title_full Congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculation
title_fullStr Congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculation
title_full_unstemmed Congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculation
title_short Congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculation
title_sort congenital urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient presenting with anejaculation
topic Urethral diverticulum
Anejaculation
Case report
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442023001493
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