title: Congenital urethral diverticulum in the male: a twenty-one year old man with a congenital urethral diverticulum at the bulbous urethra.
abstract: Diverticula of the urethral wall are not common. Generally, in the male, congenital urethral diverticulum is located in the anterior urethra. We report a twenty-one year old man who referred to our department for dysuria, micturition in two times, small stream urination. Sometimes he also presented a dry ejaculation. The exams showed, at the bulbous portion of the urethra, an urethral diverticulum. The diverticulum was probably congenital because the patient had no history of urinary infection, catheterization or trauma. A surgery procedure was performed. 9 months later, the result is good.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Urologia, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, Milano.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaboardi
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Gulfi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozzola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology