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Giant calculi in urethral diverticula

Josef Beatrice and Raeto T. Strebel
CMAJ April 08, 2008 178 (8) 994; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071198
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A 45-year-old woman presented with a 10-year history of recurrent urinary tract infections. On clinical examination, we found a hard periurethral mass in the anterior vaginal wall. A radiograph of her pelvis showed giant calculi, and cystoscopy revealed an extrusion of the posterolateral distal urethra (Figure 1). Urethrography and transvaginal ultrasonography confirmed 2 communicating urethral diverticula, each containing a stone.

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Figure 1: Radiograph showing giant calculi in a 45-year-old woman.

The estimated prevalence of urethral diverticula in adult women is between 0.6% and 6%. The condition is usually diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50. The cause remains largely unknown and ranges from congenital to traumatic (instrumentation, childbirth) to infectious causes. Recurrent infections and obstruction of the periurethral glands lead to abscess formation, which is presumed to rupture into the urethral lumen, thus forming the diverticulum. Associated stone formation is reported in 1.5%–10% of cases.

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