Female urethral diverticula are rare, benign epithelium-lined outpouchings of the female
urethra. Patients can present with a multitude of symptoms, most commonly urinary …

Urethral diverticulum, a sac-like protrusion communicating with the urethral lumen, is a
relatively uncommon occurrence. It represents either an infected paraurethral gland that has …

While urethral diverticulum (UD) affects less than 20 per 1,000,000 women overall, it is
thought to represent 1.4% of women with incontinence presenting to urology practices. It is …

Female urethral diverticulum is a disorder that affects 1% to 6% of women. Women with
diverticula may present with a variety of nonspecific genitourinary complaints, making the …

Urethral diverticula are frequently under-diagnosed. The pathogenesis of this condition is
poorly understood, and these lesions represent a spectrum of disorders ranging from …

Likely originating from the periurethral glands, female urethral diverticula (UD) are an
uncommon but fascinating clinical entity. UD are variable in their presentation and the …

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? This is a review of urethral
diverticula in females. In addition to modes of presentation, differential diagnosis …

BACKGROUND Despite an incidence of 3–40% in different populations, a diagnosis of
urethral diverticulum in female patients is often delayed or missed. CASE A 49-year-old …

Conclusions Pathology is benign 97% of the time but one must have a high degree of
suspicion in the case of a firm mass or if MRI indicates a mass within the diverticula …

Purpose: Symptomatic female urethral diverticula may be managed by a number of
operative techniques. However, to avoid persistent or recurrent diverticula definitive therapy …