[Echographic diagnosis of female urethral diverticulum].

OBJECTIVE

To describe the utility of transrectal ultrasound as an alternative imaging technique in the diagnosis of diverticulum of the female urethra.

METHODS/

RESULTS

A 35-year-old female that had been initially diagnosed as having a benign tumor of the vagina is described. The voiding cystogram, positive pressure urethrography with a double balloon catheter and urethroscopy were falsely negative for urethral diverticulum of the female urethra. Subsequent evaluation by transrectal ultrasound disclosed on oval-shaped, anechoic lesion located posteriorly to base of the bladder.

CONCLUSIONS

Transrectal ultrasound could be the diagnostic imaging technique of choice in patients suspected as having diverticulum of the female urethra.