title: Congenital bladder diverticulum causing acute urinary retention in an infant.
abstract: Congenital bladder diverticula (CBD) are unusual but not rare in childhood. Report of acute urinary retention due to congenital bladder diverticula are rarely found in the literature. Here we report a case of congenital bladder diverticulum with acute urinary retention in a ten months old male infant. Urinary tract infection and urinary retention are the most frequent presentation forms. In this case CBD produce urinary obstruction as a result of compression of the urethra which causes urinary retention. Voiding cystourethrogram revealed a large bladder diverticulum. Bladder diverticulum should be a differential diagnosis in male children, presenting with urinary retention, fever and an abdominal mass. Ultrasonography, voiding cystourethrogram & cystoscopy confirm the diagnosis and diverticulectomy was successfully done for the child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. drzahidps@gmail.com
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: G Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*