Small bowel diverticulosis is rare with an incidence of 1-2% in the general population. It is an uncommon cause of gastrointestinal bleeding that ranges from obscure to overt bleeding. Large ileal diverticula are extremely rare and bleeding complications can result in high overall mortality. A young gentleman presented with persistent per-rectal bleeding and drop in hemoglobin level. He was rec...

Urethral doubling is a rare congenital malformation of the lower urinary tract. A little more than 200 cases various forms this defect have been described in literature worldwide. We present clinical case duplication urethra combination with megaureter only functioning kidney. In patient, we encountered previously undescribed anomaly within generally accepted classification kidney collecting sy...

Colonic diverticular disease is relatively common in the western hemisphere but a giant colonic diverticulum (GCD) is an unusual finding. A case of GCD with radiographic features suggestive of an appendicular mucocele/ intussusception is reported. At surgery a diagnosis of an appendicular pyocele was considered. The present case makes interesting reading due to it occurring against a background...

BACKGROUND Long standing increase of the intravesical pressure resulting from urinary bladder outlet obstruction can cause both secondary bladder diverticula and groin hernias. In rare cases, a diverticulum can be pulled by a hernia sac and becomes a component of the hernia itself. Such cases were encountered in inguinal, perineal and obturator hernias. However, to our knowledge, there has been...

A 50-year old female presented herself with abdominal bloating and pain in the Emergengy Department. The symptoms persisted and a clinical evaluation was made. A lesion suspect for a giant duodenal diverticulum was seen on the CT-scan, which was confirmed by enteroclysis. Surgical resection was performed. The diagnosis was histological confirmed after surgery. Small bowel diverticula are relati...

Nephrogenic adenoma Diverticulum urethra Abstract The 3rd case of nephrogenic adenoma in the urethral diverticulum of a female is reported herein. A short review of the literature is presented. F. Aragona, MD, Istituto di Urologia, Monoblocco Ospedaliero, Via Giustiniani 2, I-35100 Padova (Italy) Introduction Nephrogenic adenoma (NA) is an uncommon lesion of the urinary tract, whose etiology is...

Small cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder originating from the neuroendocrine cells are extremely rare. We present a case of a 76-year-old patient with small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The patient had hematuria and cystoscopy revealed a tumor located in a urinary bladder diverticulum. Partial resection of the bladder wall with diverticulectomy was performed. Microscopic examinati...