title: Acute urinary retention in an infant: an unusual presentation of a paraureteral diverticulum.
abstract: We present a case of a male infant with no previous urological symptoms who presented in acute urinary retention caused by compression of the posterior urethra by a paraureteral diverticulum. We discuss the etiology, evaluation and management of bladder outlet obstruction secondary to a paraureteral diverticulum in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Vates
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Fleisher
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014513:Ureter; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*