Prostatic polyp presenting in a young boy with urinary symptoms

Congenital urethral polyps are a rare anomaly of the urethra seen primarily in male children that present most commonly with features of voiding dysfunction or urinary obstruction. We report a case of a young boy with a posterior urethral polyp presenting with urinary retention, hematuria, and const...

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Autores principales: Ernst, Michael, Ferrari Khouri, Thiago Elias, Fung, Bonita, Dajusta, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34745897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101903
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author Ernst, Michael
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description Congenital urethral polyps are a rare anomaly of the urethra seen primarily in male children that present most commonly with features of voiding dysfunction or urinary obstruction. We report a case of a young boy with a posterior urethral polyp presenting with urinary retention, hematuria, and constipation. We also report a new treatment approach to this rare and challenging clinical finding.
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spelling pubmed-85565042021-11-05 Prostatic polyp presenting in a young boy with urinary symptoms Ernst, Michael Ferrari Khouri, Thiago Elias Fung, Bonita Dajusta, Daniel Urol Case Rep Pediatrics Congenital urethral polyps are a rare anomaly of the urethra seen primarily in male children that present most commonly with features of voiding dysfunction or urinary obstruction. We report a case of a young boy with a posterior urethral polyp presenting with urinary retention, hematuria, and constipation. We also report a new treatment approach to this rare and challenging clinical finding. Elsevier 2021-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8556504/ /pubmed/34745897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101903 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Prostatic polyp presenting in a young boy with urinary symptoms
title Prostatic polyp presenting in a young boy with urinary symptoms
title_full Prostatic polyp presenting in a young boy with urinary symptoms
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title_short Prostatic polyp presenting in a young boy with urinary symptoms
title_sort prostatic polyp presenting in a young boy with urinary symptoms
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34745897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101903
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