Case 57: Urinary Bladder Diverticulum || Ultrasound

       

Clinical Features:

A 65 years old female patient came with

- Lower abdominal pain

- Frequency of micturition

Ultrasound Features:

A saccular outpouching is seen from the right posterolateral urinary bladder wall communicating with the bladder lumen via a wide neck & mild trabeculation of the nearby wall.

Remember:

- Wide neck diverticula empty readily with bladder

- Narrow neck diverticula may cause urinary stasis & its complications, such as infection, stone & ureteral obstruction

Ultrasound Images:

Fig: Urinary bladder diverticulum from the right posterolateral wall communicating with the lumen via a wide neck & mild trabeculation of the nearby wall.

YouTube Video Link:

https://youtu.be/ZoeyRAalsUA