Abstract Background Congenital anterior urethral diverticulum (CAUD) is a rare condition in children. This can present at any age; however, it more commonly identified infants and older The patient may with difficulty micturition, dribbling of urine, poor urinary stream, or tract infection. Children large spongiosal support also complain cystic ventral penile swelling during micturition. Method...

Bladder outflow obstruction is a well recognised problem in the newborn, infants and children. In Pakistan a large number of these patients suffer from stone in the urinary bladder which are treated by vesicolithotomy. However a group develops outflow obstruction due to a number of other causes and posterior urethral valves in the male is one such cause. Posterior urethral valves are congenital...

Posterior urethral valves (PUV) present with varying severity and grades of obstruction to the urinary tract. This unusual presentation of PUV as non healing scrotal sinuses after epididymo-orchitis has not been reported earlier. Association of PUV with Down’s syndrome is also rare though reported(1). Epididymo-orchitis is caused by retrograde flow of infected urine through the ejaculatory duct...

The most common cause of lower urinary tract obstruction in male infants is posterior urethral valves. Although the incidence has remained stable, the neonatal mortality for this disorder has improved due to early diagnosis and intensive neonatal care, thanks in part to the widespread use of prenatal ultrasound evaluations. In fact, the most common reason for the diagnosis of posterior urethral...