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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2010; 20(04): 300-303
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.73536
Genito-Urinary

Technical note: Dynamic MRI in a complicated giant posterior urethral diverticulum

Prasad R Kundum
Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
,
Arun K Gupta
Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
,
Prasad V Thottom
Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
,
Manisha Jana
Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Congenital posterior urethral diverticulum is an uncommon anomaly, sometimes complicated by infection or calculi formation. A conventional voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) is the most commonly used diagnostic modality. Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has not been frequently described in this entity. We describe a case of posterior urethral diverticulum complicated with secondary calculi, where the patient was evaluated using dynamic MRI and conventional VCUG.

Keywords

Dynamic MRI - posterior urethral diverticulum - voiding cystourethrogram


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02 August 2021

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