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17803821

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
We present the first case reported in the medical literature of a patient with a spontaneous ventral urethral fistula accompanied by severe infection due to diabetes mellitus. A 34-year-old man with poor controlled adult-onset diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital with a large subcutaneous abscess involving the complete penis, scrotum and perineum. The patient did not report any history of any penile trauma or local infection but has experienced transient swelling of the perineal region following urination. Initial surgical treatment consisted of surgical debridement of necrotic tissue. At this time reconstructive surgery was impossible and a suprapubic cystostomy was performed. After 4 months of suprapubic urinary diversion the urethral fistula resolved and function of external genitalia was reestablished. In a follow-up period of 40 months no recurrence occurred. Spontaneous diabetes-associated ventral urethral fistulas are extremely rare and we are not aware of any other published case report.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1752-1947
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
80
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-2
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous ventral urethral fistula in a young diabetic man: a case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, University of Regensburg, St, Josef's Hospital, Landshuterstr, 65, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. wolfgang1.otto@klinik.uni-regensburg.de.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article