A Prolapsed Cecoureterocele in an Adult Treated Conservatively: Highly Rare, but Existent

Abstract

Ectopic ureteroceles are one of the most common human urinary tract anomalies. They tend to be recognized and treated in early childhood, especially when they have prolapsed. In most cases surgical therapy is inevitable. In this case report, however, we present the unusual case of a 26-year-old woman suffering from a prolapsed cecoureterocele without any known history of an ectopic ureterocele so far. She was successfully treated without the need for a surgical procedure.

Case 267: Cecureterocoele Manifesting in a Man with Infertility

“…In adults, case reports of cecoureteroceles describe a different presentation, which accounts for a more indolent course. The few reports of cecoureterocele in adults have described patients presenting with prolapse of the cecoureterocele through the external genitalia and have occurred in women, which is more likely because of the short female urethra (7)(8)(9)(10). In this case, the nonfunctioning kidney was likely not diagnosed in childhood, and atrophy occurred later.…”