Unusual case of bladder duplication: Complete duplication in coronal plane with single urethra and no associated anomalies - 16/08/11
, Semire Serin Ozalevli a, Murat Alkan a, Fazilet Kayaselcuk b, Akgün Hiçsönmez aAbstract |
Duplication of the bladder is an unusual congenital anomaly. Complete and incomplete forms are well defined in published reports. We present an unusual case of a 3-year-old boy with two separate-walled bladders, one lying in front of the other, communicating through a tiny septum, at the neck of the primary bladder that drained to a normal single urethra. This type of isolated bladder anomaly was not defined in the classification of the duplication of the bladder. In patients with a lower abdominal cystic mass, complete bladder duplication must be included in the differential diagnosis of pelvic cystic masses.
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Vol 68 - N° 5
P. 1121.e1-1121.e3 - novembre 2006 Ritorno al numeroBenvenuto su EM|consulte, il riferimento dei professionisti della salute.
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