title: Giant bladder diverticulum presenting with recurrent acute urinary retention--a rare event in adult patients: case report.
abstract: Acquired giant bladder diverticula of obstructive genesis are not particularly unusual. On the other hand, acute urinary retention due to bladder diverticula is an extremely rare event in adult patients, since most cases are paediatric. A 40-year-old white male with a history of invasive urological procedures presented with recurrent acute urinary retention. Diagnostic procedures including cystourethrography and cystoscopy revealed a giant bladder diverticulum causing ab extrinseco compression of the urethra. The iatrogenic aetiology of the vicious circle of chronic urethral obstruction and increased luminal pressure promoting diverticular growth is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery - Policlinico A. Gemelli - Catholic University School of Medicine - Rome, Italia.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petito
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lurati
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verbo
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manno
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pedretti
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coco
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*