Late presentation of posterior urethral valve: two case reports.
BACKGROUND
Posterior urethral valve (PUV) is a widely known condition affecting males that generally presents prenatally or at birth. PUVs have also been occasionally described in literature in cases diagnosed during adolescence or adulthood.


METHODS
This report presents two late PUV cases, one in a teenager and the other in an adult. Both cases had had clinical signs of urinary tract infection and obstructive urinary symptoms. The diagnoses were made by means of voiding cystourethrography and urethrocystoscopy. Endoscopic valve fulguration was the treatment chosen for both. Their follow-up was uneventful.
Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. marcio@fmb.unesp.br
Carlos Márcio Nóbrega de
CM
Jesus
José Carlos de Souza
JC
Trindade Filho
José
J
Goldberg
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014554:Urination; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods