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M L Tancer, N A Ravski. 1982. Suburethral diverticulum.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003081-198212000-00018
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HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS: A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital after an acute onset of rectal bleeding. He was known to have had recurrent duodenal ulcerative disease, once with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Clinical examination was remarkable only for rectal bleeding. INVESTIGATIONS: After application of a nasogastric tube cherry-red blood was evacuated. Upper endoscopy showed only very small mucosal erosion in the stomach and coloscopy demonstrated several non-bleeding diverticula. Small bowel enteroclysis showed severe diverticulosis of the duodenum and jejunum. DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND COURSE: We assumed that the extensive duodenojejunal diverticulosis was the most probable cause of this episode of gastrointestinal bleeding because of simultaneous signs of upper and lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Because this was the first such episode we preferred a conservative approach. At nineteen months follow-up there was no recurrence of bleeding. CONCLUSION: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a common cause of hospitalization. After exclusion of the more common bleeding sources small bowel diverticula should be considered as a possible rare cause. Surgical resection of the bleeding bowel part is the procedure of choice, but one of the major problems in such cases is to locate exactly the bleeding site. If the location is uncertain, a more conservative approach may be preferable, especially in haemodynamically stable patients with first-time diverticular bleeding.
The various diagnostic and therapeutic modalities currently in use for urethral diverticula are reviewed. Various radiographic techniques have been reported, but only voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) and positive-pressure urethrography (PPU) are currently utilized. Urethroscopy is another suitable technique for diagnosis. Various sonographic techniques have been proposed, but their sensitivity is improved only by the transvaginal approach and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Various treatment methods have been proposed. The standard operative approach is surgical, through the vagina. The techniques currently in use to treat urethral diverticula are the Spence procedure, the typical urethral diverticulectomy, and the Tancer partial ablation technique. A full history, and physical examination is the first step in screening. When the diagnosis is suspected ultrasound and radiological imaging is necessary. Sonography is the first non-invasive examination to be performed. In negative cases it is imperative to perform a PPU or MRI. Symptomatic and very large diverticula must be treated in the easiest way possible. The best treatment, except for complicated and infected diverticula, is excision.
We report a rare case of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis occurring in a caliceal diverticulum in a 1-year-old child. She presented with recurrent urinary tract infections. A computed tomography scan demonstrated an enhancing cystic lesion in the left kidney. At open exploration, a caliceal diverticulum was found with a very stenotic opening into the renal pelvis. The diverticulum was enucleated, and the pathologic examination confirmed xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in the parenchyma surrounding the diverticulum. The child did well postoperatively with no recurrence of her urinary tract infections.