Fernández González I, Sánchez Sánchez E, Martín Osés E, Ruiz de la Roja J C, Ruiz Rubio J L, Bustamante Alarma S, Llorente Abarca C, Berenguer Sánchez A
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, España.
Arch Esp Urol. 1997 Sep;50(7):781-4.
To describe the utility of transrectal ultrasound as an alternative imaging technique in the diagnosis of diverticulum of the female urethra.
METHODS/RESULTS: A 35-year-old female that had been initially diagnosed as having a benign tumor of the vagina is described. The voiding cystogram, positive pressure urethrography with a double balloon catheter and urethroscopy were falsely negative for urethral diverticulum of the female urethra. Subsequent evaluation by transrectal ultrasound disclosed on oval-shaped, anechoic lesion located posteriorly to base of the bladder.
Transrectal ultrasound could be the diagnostic imaging technique of choice in patients suspected as having diverticulum of the female urethra.
