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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2020; 30(03): 409-414
DOI: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_50_20
Case Report

Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (CEVUS) as a novel technique for evaluation in a case of male urethral diverticulum

Shabnam Bhandari Grover
Department of Radiology and Imaging, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital
,
Sayantan Patra
Department of Radiology and Imaging, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital
,
Hemal Grover
Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai West, New York, USA
,
Anup Kumar
Department of Urology and Renal Transplant, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Male urethral diverticulum is an uncommon entity, the abnormality being more frequently encountered in females. The pathology may be congenital or acquired and the more frequent acquired type usually occurs following trauma. Afflicted patients usually lack specific symptoms, although in a few instances, symptoms of lower urinary tract obstruction, calculi, or infection may prevail. Imaging investigations utilizing a composite Retrograde urethrography (RGU)– Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) protocol are accepted as standard approach and ultrasound is considered a secondary supplementary investigation. However, recent literature reports the utility of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) as a novel technique in the evaluation of urinary bladder and urethra, for vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) in children and for urethral diverticula in women. We report a case of acquired post-traumatic urethral diverticulum in an adult male patient and document a relatively unexplored novel application of contrast enhanced voiding uro-sonography (CEVUS) for the evaluation of this malady.

Keywords

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) - contrast enhanced voiding urosonography (CEVUS) - male urethral diverticulum - post-traumatic - RGU-VCUG


Publication History

Received: 08 February 2020

Accepted: 14 June 2020

Article published online:
19 July 2021

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