Lower abdominal mass in a 16-year old adolescent: an unusual presentation of posterior urethral valves

Auteurs-es

  • Niki Kanaroglou Division of Urology, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON
  • Luis HP Braga Division of Urology, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON
  • Peter Massaro Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
  • Keith Lau Department of Pediatric Nephrology, McMaster Children’s University, Hamilton, ON
  • Jorge DeMaria Division of Urology, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.570

Résumé

Posterior urethral valves (PUV) are now commonly suspected on
antenatal ultrasound, but can present with a broad spectrum of
severity postnatally. Rarely, the diagnosis is missed until adolescence
or adulthood when the patient usually presents with lower
urinary tract symptoms. We describe an even rarer case of PUV in
an adolescent who first presented with renal failure and a palpable
lower abdominal mass due to urinary retention. We review the
literature on presentation, natural history and outcomes of both
early and late presenting PUV cases.

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Bibliographies de l'auteur-e

Niki Kanaroglou, Division of Urology, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON

Luis HP Braga, Division of Urology, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON

Peter Massaro, Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON

Keith Lau, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, McMaster Children’s University, Hamilton, ON

Jorge DeMaria, Division of Urology, McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON

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Kanaroglou, N., Braga, L. H., Massaro, P., Lau, K., & DeMaria, J. (2013). Lower abdominal mass in a 16-year old adolescent: an unusual presentation of posterior urethral valves. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 5(1), E1-E3. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.570

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Case Report