Bladder diverticula in children.
OBJECTIVE
The frequency, number, and underlying associations of bladder diverticula were studied in a pediatric population.


METHODS
Eighty-five children with bladder diverticula (31 girls and 54 boys) were retrospectively identified in a pediatric genitourinary data base of 5,084 children.


RESULTS
Primary bladder diverticula were seen in 20 children with vesicoureteral reflux and 14 children without reflux. Fifty-one of the 85 children (60%) had associated neurogenic dysfunction of the bladder (n = 26), outlet obstruction (n = 14), or a syndrome (n = 9) or were postoperative (n = 2). A single child of the 26 with multiple bladder diverticula had no associated condition.


CONCLUSIONS
In this population, bladder diverticula were found in 1.7% of the children. The presence of more than one diverticulum on a side was usually associated with neurogenic dysfunction of the bladder, bladder outlet obstruction, or syndromes such as Williams, Menkes, prune-belly, or Ehlers-Danlos type 9 syndromes.
Blane
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Department of Radiology, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0252.
Zerin
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JM
Bloom
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000150:complications; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications