Urethral Diverticulum Complicating Late Penile Fracture Diagnosis

Urethral diverticulum is a congenital or an acquired abnormal outpouching of the urethra. This condition can be seen in all age groups and across sex divides. The causes can be congenital or acquired. In adults, the acquired causes abound and commonly include post-trauma, post-infective urethritis a...

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Main Authors: Abdullahi Khalid, Ahmed Mohammed Umar, Kabir Babajide Yakubu, Bashir Garba Aljannare, Muwaffaq Umar, Abdullahi Uzairu, Abdullahi Abdulwahab-Ahmed
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-04-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/NJM.NJM_10_25
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author Abdullahi Khalid
Ahmed Mohammed Umar
Kabir Babajide Yakubu
Bashir Garba Aljannare
Muwaffaq Umar
Abdullahi Uzairu
Abdullahi Abdulwahab-Ahmed
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Ahmed Mohammed Umar
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Bashir Garba Aljannare
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description Urethral diverticulum is a congenital or an acquired abnormal outpouching of the urethra. This condition can be seen in all age groups and across sex divides. The causes can be congenital or acquired. In adults, the acquired causes abound and commonly include post-trauma, post-infective urethritis and sequelae of hypospadias surgery. This is a report of a 32-year-old trader presenting with a three-week history of distal phallic swelling associated with lower urinary tract symptoms who had missed diagnosis of tricorporal penile fracture two weeks before the onset of symptoms at a secondary health facility. The clinical and imaging investigations confirmed distal penile urethral diverticulum for which he had urethroplasty. The urethroplasty failed due to infective complications warranting redo-urethroplasty later. Open surgical exploration of the phallus and urethroplasty is vital in patients with urethral diverticulum but may be compromised by infective complications.
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spellingShingle Abdullahi Khalid
Ahmed Mohammed Umar
Kabir Babajide Yakubu
Bashir Garba Aljannare
Muwaffaq Umar
Abdullahi Uzairu
Abdullahi Abdulwahab-Ahmed
Urethral Diverticulum Complicating Late Penile Fracture Diagnosis
Nigerian Journal of Medicine
diagnosis
penile fracture
surgical exploration
urethral diverticulum
urethroplasty
title Urethral Diverticulum Complicating Late Penile Fracture Diagnosis
title_full Urethral Diverticulum Complicating Late Penile Fracture Diagnosis
title_fullStr Urethral Diverticulum Complicating Late Penile Fracture Diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Urethral Diverticulum Complicating Late Penile Fracture Diagnosis
title_short Urethral Diverticulum Complicating Late Penile Fracture Diagnosis
title_sort urethral diverticulum complicating late penile fracture diagnosis
topic diagnosis
penile fracture
surgical exploration
urethral diverticulum
urethroplasty
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/NJM.NJM_10_25
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