[Utricular enlargements].
OBJECTIVE
Six cases of enlarged utricle are described, with special reference to the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.


RESULTS
Utricular enlargement was suspected or confirmed radiologically in 5 cases and was confirmed by endoscopy in 5 cases. No patient was submitted to surgery. One patient underwent endoscopic removal of a utricular calculus. Prolonged medical treatment was required to maintain 5 patients free from infection. Good results were observed in 5 cases 1-9 years following diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Like most of the authors, we advocate treatment only for those cases with marked symptomatology, since children are at a very high risk for iatrogenic complications. Most of the cases, as shown in our series, do not require any treatment.
Unidad Urología Pediátrica, Fundación Puigvert, Barcelona, España.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
Agrandamientos utriculares.