CONGENITAL STRICTURE OF THE PROSTATIC URETHRA
- 26 July 1913
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 61 (4) , 244-245
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1913.04350040010004
Abstract
Congenital stricture is described as an occlusion of the urethra which may occur at three different places: first, at the meatus; second, at the outer limit of the fossa navicularis, and third, at the membranous urethra. None of the text-books describe a stricture of the prostatic portion. Keyes1says that stricture in the deep urethra is exceedingly rare; one text-book2denies its existence below one-fourth inch from the meatus. Such strictures are caused by inaccurate apposition in the embryo of separately developed sections of the urethra. The stricture is endodermic in origin. Guibe1relates an interesting fatal case in which the stricture admitted only a needle. Stricture of the meatus and fossa is quite common and is often overlooked because it gives rise to few, if any, symptoms. The case I wish to report occurred in my practice and the patient died in the seventh week of uremicKeywords
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