title: Female urethral diverticulum containing a giant calculus: a CARE-compliant case report.
abstract: Urethral diverticula with calculi have a low incidence as reported in the literature. Diverticulum of female urethra is rare, often discovered due to associated complications. We report a case of diverticulum of the female urethra containing giant calculi in a 62-year-old multiparous woman. She consulted with our office due to dysuria and a hard, painful periurethral mass in the anterior vagina wall. The diverticulum was approached surgically by a vaginal route, and local extraction of the calculi and subsequent diverticulectomy successfully treated the condition.Diagnosis of a complicated diverticulum can be easily achieved if one possesses a high degree of clinical symptoms.
authors.affiliation: From the Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China (ZLD, LJZ); Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA (HZW); The Second People's Hospital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China (MLH).
authors.forename: ZhiLong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Hanzhang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: LinJun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: MingLi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D004240:Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014521:Urethra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery