Lower urinary tract obstruction in male children - a report of three cases.
Urinary retention in young children and infancy is relatively rare. The commonest malignancy cause of bladder outlet obstruction in infancy is prostatic rhabdomyosarcoma; the commonest cause of congenital bladder outlet obstruction in a male infantis posterior urethral valve and the commonest cause of urethral obstruction in male children is urethral calculi. We present here a report on three cases of urethral obstruction in male children.
Department of Radiology and Imaging, Ganesh Das Hospital, Meghalaya, India. bokdlynser@yahoo.co.in.
Donboklang
D
Lynser
Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Meghalaya, India.
Evarisalin
E
Marbaniang
Department of Surgery, Ganesh Das Hospital, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Pynskhemboklang
P
Khongsni
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014563:Urodynamics