151. A 31-year-old woman with urethral duplication, stress urinary incontinence, uterovaginal prolapse, and rectal prolapse
- Author
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Andrew J. Croak, John A. Occhino, and John B. Gebhart
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Exploratory laparotomy ,Urinary Incontinence, Stress ,Urology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Urethral duplication ,Urinary incontinence ,Urethra ,Uterine Prolapse ,Hysterectomy, Vaginal ,medicine ,Appendectomy ,Humans ,Gynecology ,Hysterectomy ,business.industry ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Uterine prolapse ,Rectal Prolapse ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Rectal prolapse ,Clitoral hood ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Urethral duplication is a rare finding in females, with fewer than 40 cases published since 1970. We report a case of urethral duplication in a woman with uterovaginal and rectal prolapse but without other associated congenital anomalies. On urodynamic and cystoscopic evaluation, an accessory urethra was noted to emerge from beneath the clitoral hood. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy and transabdominal excision of the rudimentary urethral orifice with concurrent transvaginal prolapse repair and rectopexy. At 5-year follow-up, the patient continued to be continent and without prolapse.
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- 2009