Anterior urethral syringocele is an uncommon congenital deformity characterized by cystic dilatation of bulbourethral gland ducts and is usually asymptomatic. We present a case on 4-day-old male neonate who presented with bilateral antenatal hydroureteronephrosis and renal impairment and found to have urethral syringocele and posterior urethral valves.
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BMC Pediatr
December 2024
College of Nursing and Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Background: Spina bifida (SB) is a chronic condition requiring lifelong self-management, underscoring the need to establish a dedicated cohort for longitudinal monitoring of health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and initial implementation of a single-center prospective cohort study of children with SB and their parents living in South Korea and to describe demographics, clinical outcomes, psychosocial characteristics, and family data for this cohort.
Methods: This cohort was established through expert panel formation, identification of health indicators based on the Life Course Model for Spina Bifida, creation of a cohort database system, and quality control planning.
J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg
May 2024
Department of Pediatric Surgery, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Classically, cloacal exstrophy presents with omphalocele, bladder exstrophy, imperforate anus, and spinal defects. We report a rare variant of cloacal exstrophy in a 6-day-old male with an intact lower abdominal wall, normal penis, and urethra. Only two such cases have been reported in the literature.
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June 2024
Department of Urology, Institute of Urology and Nephrology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Electronic address:
Introduction: Children and adolescents with neurogenic bladder often need clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) over a long period. Our study aimed to identify factors that affect CIC compliance and to determine if CIC compliance affected short-term urological outcomes among patients in Malaysia.
Study Design: 50 patients aged 2-18 years who perform CIC were included in this cohort study.
Front Pediatr
November 2023
Department of Pathological Anatomy, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Rationale: Cystic dilatation of the bulbourethral gland duct (Cowper's syringocele, CS) is a rare urethral pathology. No more than 150 cases of CS have been reported in the literature, of which the vast majority are children with a unilateral location. Bilateral CS has been reported in eight cases; however, detailed anatomy and clinical manifestations have not been reported.
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June 2023
Department of Urology, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GRC.
This article reports a case of a 40-year-old woman with a history of myelomeningocele and neurogenic urinary incontinence who developed erosion and fistula formation following the placement of an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) when she was 18 years old. The patient had a long-standing history of urinary incontinence that was unresponsive to prior surgeries for meningomyelocele. She reported the loss of uro-fecal material from the vagina but did not seek further medical evaluation until the age of 40.
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