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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 17
| Issue : 3 | Page : 126-127 |
Posterior urethral valves and Cowper's syringocele: A rare association causing voiding dysfunction
KV Satish Kumar, Abraham Mammen, Aneez A Ratani, Karthikeya K Varma
Department of Neonatal and Pediatric Surgery, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS), Calicut, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
K V Satish Kumar
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Mini Bypass Road, Govindapuram (PO), Calicut - 673 016, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.98133
Urethral syringoceles are cystic dilatations of paired bulbourethral glands of Cowper. They can cause voiding dysfunction in male children and usually occur in isolation. We report a rare association of Cowper's syringocele with posterior urethral valves in a 4-year-old child, which was successfully managed endoscopically.
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