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Acute urinary retention (AUR) is a painful subacute emergency that is frequency seen in the general practice of urology. Urethral catheterization to drain the bladder can usually be performed successfully, safely, and with minimal discomfort using standard balloon retention catheters. In a small percentage of cases, however, abnormal urethral anatomy precludes passage of catheters of any size. In...
A 38-year-old woman was found to have a squamous cell carcinoma in a urethral diverticulum after a simple diverticulectomy. The aggressiveness of this histologic subtype of carcinoma, along with this patient's long life expectancy, supported the choice of aggressive therapy. Only nine other cases have been reported. A brief review of the published reports on the presentation, diagnosis, options for...