Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2019

Urethral Caruncle as a Cause of Acute Urinary Retention

Dr Nalini Kanta Mohanty, Dr Arshad Hasan, Dr G. P. Singh

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Urethral caruncle is a benign vascular tumour which originates from the lip of the external urethral meatus.Mostly seen in in postmenopausal women .Urethral caruncle causing acute retention of Urine in women is very rare. We report of a 58 year old postmenopausal woman with urethral caruncle complicated with acute urinary retention. 16F urethral catheter placed.Pelvic examination revealed a 3x2 cm cystic mass on posterior lip of external urethral meatus. Excision of mass and electrocautery of the base was performed under spinal anaesthesia. Urethral catheter was removed on 6th day of Surgery and local estrogen therapy was begun. The pathological examination confirmed urethral caruncle

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URETHRAL CARUNCLE AS A CAUSE OF ACUTE URINARY RETENTION, DR NALINI KANTA MOHANTY, DR ARSHAD HASAN, DR G.P. SINGH INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-1 | January-2019

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