Bladder Diverticulum in an Infant: Report of a Case / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

A 9 month-old male infant was admitted with the chief complaints of acute urinary retention and fever for 7 days. IVP showed the dilated upper urinary tracts. An expression cystogram demonstrated a bladder diverticulum without ureteral reflux. On cystoscopy, the left ureteral orifice was thought to be engulfed by the diverticulum and could not be seen The right ureteral orifice was normal findings. Diverticulectomy and left ureteroneocystostomy were performed. Postoperative course was uneventful and postoperative voiding cystography and IVP one month later showed an improvement of the upper urinary tracts. Diverticulum of the bladder it an infant was discussed.