title: [Congenital valves of the posterior urethra in puberty with primary enuresis as the only symptom].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of a 16-year-old male patient with primary enuresis refractory to conservative treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Radiologic and urodynamic tests revealed posterior urethral valves that were treated by transurethral fulguration. The patient was cured of both enuresis and infravesical obstruction and remains disease-free 3 years after the operation with no impact on his sexual function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Posterior urethral valves are very rarely diagnosed in adolescents and adults. Very few cases have been published in the literature. To our knowledge, the case described herein is the first case presenting with persistent primary enuresis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital General de Halkidiki, Polygyros, Grecia. gdimitri@med.duth.gr
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dimitriadis
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hrysogonidis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kelidis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karydas
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Touloupidis
authors.forename: Stefanos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gardikis
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004775:Enuresis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014521:Urethra / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014563:Urodynamics