| UROLOGICAL IMAGES |
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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 329-330 |
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Prolapsing cystitis cystica causing bladder outlet obstruction: An unusual complication
Pankaj Halder1, Kartik Chandra Mandal1, Sumedha Mukherjee2
1 Department of Paediatric Surgery, Dr. B. C. Roy PGIPS, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. B. C. Roy PGIPS, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Pankaj Halder
Saroda Palli, Panchanon Tala, Baruipur, Kolkata - 700 144, West Bengal
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.189718
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Cystitis cystica (CC) is aproliferative disorder of bladder urothelium and usually subsides with medical therapy. However, this is not true for severe CC where surgical intervention is required to control breakthrough urinary tract infection (UTI). It may be mistaken as bladder neoplasm or posterior urethral valve, especially in children. Here, we report a case of CC in a 2-year-old boy where we had to excise the large pedunculated intravesical lesion to control breakthrough UTI and ongoing renal damage. |
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