考珀腺及导管：儿童的影像学表现

Cowper's glands and ducts: radiological findings in children.

作者信息

Beluffi G, Fiori P, Pietrobono L, Romano P

机构信息

Unità Operativa Semplice di Radiologia Pediatrica, U.O.C. di Radiodiagnostica, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Golgi 19, I-27100, Pavia, Italy.

出版信息

Radiol Med. 2006 Sep;111(6):855-62. doi: 10.1007/s11547-006-0080-x. Epub 2006 Aug 11.

DOI:10.1007/s11547-006-0080-x

PMID:16896554

Abstract

PURPOSE

The aim of this study was to describe the radiological features of simple or dilated (syringocele) Cowper's ducts in a large paediatric population.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Voiding cystourethrography procedures performed during the past 24 years were evaluated taking into special account urethral morphology. The procedures were performed to study all sorts of possible urinary affections.

RESULTS

A total of 1,676 male children (age: newborn to 18 years) underwent 2,340 voiding cystourethrographies. Opacification of Cowper's ducts was observed in nine children (0.53%) - in six (0.35%) as a thin, radiopaque image running parallel to the inferior edge of the membranous-bulbar urethra and in three (0.18%) as a dilated structure (syringocele); this was a source of significant voiding problems.

CONCLUSIONS

Opacification of Cowper's ducts - even if rare - has to be recognised as a possible anatomical finding during voiding cystourethrography in paediatric patients. An accessory finding devoid of pathological meaning in most cases, it can, however, be a possible cause of voiding disorders in some instances.

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