Urethral Diverticulum: Diagnosis with Virtual CT Urethroscopy
Chen-Pin Chou1,
Jer-Shyung Huang1,
Chia-Cheng Yu2,
Huay-Ben Pan1,3 and
Fong-Dee Huang4
1 Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st
Rd., Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, Republic of China.
2 Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan,
Republic of China.
3 National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of
China.
4 Emergency Department, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan,
Republic of China.

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Fig. 1A. 26-year-old woman who presented with urinary frequency and
urgency on micturition for 3 months. Findings are negative on voiding
cystourethrogram.
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Fig. 1B. 26-year-old woman who presented with urinary frequency and
urgency on micturition for 3 months. CT reformatted coronal view shows
horseshoe-shaped urethral diverticulum near urinary bladder neck. Orifice of
diverticulum (arrow) also is seen.
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Fig. 1C. 26-year-old woman who presented with urinary frequency and
urgency on micturition for 3 months. Virtual CT urethroscopy image reveals
orifice (arrow) of diverticulum at left side and extraluminal mass
effect (arrowheads).
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Fig. 1D. 26-year-old woman who presented with urinary frequency and
urgency on micturition for 3 months. Coronal T2-weighted fast spin-echo image
shows hyperintense complex diverticulum (arrows) surrounding urinary
catheter (arrowhead).
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