[Congenital valves of the posterior urethra in puberty with primary enuresis as the only symptom].
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.
Dimitriadis
Georgios
G
Servicio de Urología, Hospital General de Halkidiki, Polygyros, Grecia. gdimitri@med.duth.gr
Hrysogonidis
Ioannis
I
Kelidis
Georgios
G
Karydas
Georgios
G
Touloupidis
Stavros
S
Gardikis
Stefanos
S
Papadopoulos
Ilias
I
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