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Giant urethral diverticulum in a child
Urethral diverticulum is a pouch opening into the urethral canal that may be either acquired or congenital. Urethral diverticulum is extremely rare in males. Blunt urethral injuries such as; Foley catheterization, straddle injury, and artificial urinary sphincter implementation are blamed in the etiology of acquired urethral diverticulum. Four-years-old boy, who was circumcised with plastic clamp six months ago, has admitted to our department complaining of swelling around the penis and difficulty during urinating. A retrograde urethrography demonstrated a periurethral giant pouch associated with distal urethra. Diagnostic cystoscopy determined the junction between urethra and diverticulum 1.5 cm from proximal to external urethral meatus. Initially the opening of the diverticulum was released from urethra and urethra was repaired, subsequently diverticulectomy was performed. Postoperative course was uneventful. Most of the urethral diverticulum in male are acquired and commonly localized in penoscrotal junction or bulbar urethra. Urethral injury and urethral fistula formation following circumcision are well-known complications of circumcision. The probable etiology of urethral diverticulum in this case may be injury on the ventral surface of urethra caused by plastic circumcision clamp; however, regular healing of skin incision may have prevented fistula formation. Continuous urine leakage from injury site might have caused urinary epithelial coverage of this area by the time, resulting in diverticulum development. Circumcision associated urethral diverticulum has never been reported before; therefore this case is demonstrating an extraordinary etiology of urethral diverticulum and found worthy to be reported.