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Case Reports: Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Posterior urethral valves and urachal cyst: an unusual combination
  1. Massimo Garriboli1,2,
  2. Monica Dzwigala1 and
  3. Joanna Clothier1
  1. 1Paediatric Nephro-Urology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  2. 2Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Section, Developmental Biology & Cancer Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Massimo Garriboli; m.garriboli{at}ucl.ac.uk

Abstract

Combination of posterior urethral valves and urachus remnants has been described as rare occurrence. We report a case of a baby boy with normal antenatal scans, in whom the presence of large urachal cyst and posterior urethral valves causing high pressure bladder and chronic kidney disease was found. The patient underwent ablation of posterior urethral valves at 23 days of life and urachal cyst removal at age of 4 and a half months.

  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Neonatal health

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-248460

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MG and JC: project development, manuscript writing and editing, and critical review; MD: manuscript writing.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.