title: Infected congenital urethral diverticulum manifested as a scrotal mass in an adult male: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Congenital anterior urethral diverticula in adult males are infrequent urological diseases. Clinical manifestation is frequently described with irritative and/or obstructive voiding symptoms or ventral bulging, but manifestation as a scrotal mass is extremely rare. Diagnostic imaging is useful to correctly diagnose the above in the majority of cases. We report the first case of a urethral diverticulum in which neither clinical nor instrumental evaluations were performed to confirm the diagnosis of urethral diverticulum. We stress the importance of a surgical approach in evaluating scrotal mass if diagnostic imaging cannot confirm an exact diagnosis. A complete review of the literature was also carried out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. ktommy@libero.it
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gavazzi
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sarti
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Farina
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Melone
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bartoletti