An Unusual Cause of Pelvic Pain and Fever: Periurethral Abscess from an Infected Urethral Diverticulum

Butler, Jack M.; Bennetsen, Derek; Dias, Augusto Cesar Sette

doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.04.046

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“…This systematic review highlights that periurethral abscess continues to be a rare pathology and is often accompanied by concurrent urethral pathology. [10,18] We also demonstrate that differences in clinical presentation, etiology, risk factors, and microbiology exist between sexes. Furthermore, successful management is underpinned by surgical source control and antimicrobial therapy.…”

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“…[7] It has been proposed that abscess formation is preceded by urethritis and associated with etiological factors such as urinary obstruction, trauma (including surgery and/or instrumentation), urethral diverticula, and urethral carcinoma. [4,5] Reported management techniques include conservative therapy (ie, antibiotics), [8] needle aspiration, [9] and open I&D. [10] Despite being described intermittently in the literature for more than 120 years, the microbiology, demographics, risk factors, clinical manifestations, optimal treatment, and outcomes for periurethral abscesses remain poorly defined and are likely to have changed over time. Thus, the aim of this study was to systematically review the available literature concerning periurethral abscesses and describe their etiology, risk factors, symptoms, investigations, management techniques, and outcomes, including temporal considerations.…”

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Periurethral abscess etiology, risk factors, treatment options, and outcomes: A systematic review

Tariq¹,

Stewart²,

Desai³

et al. 2022

Curr Urol

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ObjectivesThis study aimed to describe patterns of presentation, etiology, risk factors, management, and treatment outcomes of periurethral abscesses using a systematic review framework.Materials and methodsAfter prospective registration on the PROSPERO database (CRD42020193063), a systematic review of Web of Science, Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane scientific databases was performed. Articles published between 1900 and 2021 were considered. Extracted data included symptoms, etiology, medical history, investigations, treatment, and outcomes. Collated data were analyzed using univariate methods.ResultsSixty articles met the inclusion criteria reporting on 270 patients (211 male, 59 female) with periurethral abscess. The most common clinical features were pain (41.5%), pyuria (41.5%), dysuria (38.5%), urinary frequency (32.3%), fever (25%), and a palpable mass (23%). Predisposing risk factors included the presence of a sexually transmitted infection or urinary tract infection (55.0%), urethral strictures (39.6%), and recent urethral instrumentation (18.7%). Management approaches included open incision and drainage (64.3%), conservative management with antibiotics (29.8%), and minimally invasive techniques (needle aspiration, endoscopic drainage). Time trend analysis of etiology revealed a decreased incidence of infection (sexually transmitted infection/urinary tract infection, human immunodeficiency virus) and higher incidence of diabetes mellitus and periurethral bulking injections in recent years.ConclusionsPeriurethral abscesses may display a wide range of clinical features. Presentation, risk factors and underlying etiology vary with sex. The optimal management technique is guided by abscess size. Open incision and drainage combined with antibiotics continues to be the mainstay of management. However, minimally invasive techniques are gaining favor. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first systematic appraisal and management algorithm for periurethral abscess.

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Periurethral abscess etiology, risk factors, treatment options, and outcomes: A systematic review

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“…Gynecological inflammation can cause fallopian tube abscess [ 5 ], while Miller tube infection can cause pelvic abscess during pregnancy in women [ 6 ]. Pelvic abscess caused by urinary system diseases can also be urinary tract diverticulum infection in addition to ureteral stones like this case [ 7 ]. Exogenous foreign bodies have also been reported in literature [ 8 ].…”

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Pelvic Abscess Caused by Ureteral Calculus and Abscess Treatment through Aspiration by Transperineal Puncture

An,

Gao,

2024

Case Reports in Urology

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Pelvic abscess is mostly caused by gynecological inflammation or digestive system diseases such as appendicitis or Crohn’s disease. This case of pelvic abscess originates from ureteral calculus and is not commonly seen in clinical practice. This is mainly due to the patient’s ureteral stones not being actively treated. After local puncture and pus extraction, as well as the application of effective antibiotics, the patient recovered. Therefore, this case provides clinical doctors with experience that ureteral stones may cause serious complications and should be actively treated after detection.

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“…В умовах сьогодення представлено результати чисельних досліджень щодо формування простатиту у жінок, в етіологічному спектрі яких переважають інфекції, що передаються статевим шляхом [23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33]. Спектр представлених вище досліджень базувався на результатах клінічних спостережень Huffman J.W., який розширив уявлення про наявність можливих патологічних змін з боку жіночої передміхурової залози за умови формування запального процесу.…”

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Hryhorenko,

Biloholovska

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В статті представлено історичні етапи вивчення парауретральних залоз у жінок. На підставі морфологічних, гістохімічних, променевих, ендокринологічних, клінічних, гінекологічних, урологічних, сексологічних та експериментальних досліджень було доведено функціональну активність парауретральних залоз впродовж життя жінки зі схильністю до формування спектру патологічних змін. Встановлено, що параметри жіночої простати наближені до параметрів простати чоловіка. За умови дотримання принципів міждисциплінарного підходу, переконливо продемонстровано справедливість визнання невестигіальної концепції щодо жіночої передміхурової залози. В 2002 році Федеральний Комітет з Анатомічної Термінології (Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FICAT)) офіційно перейменував парауретральні залози в жіночу передміхурову залозу, включив термін „жіноча передміхурова залоза” до переліку анатомічних структур.

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An Unusual Cause of Pelvic Pain and Fever: Periurethral Abscess from an Infected Urethral Diverticulum

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Periurethral abscess etiology, risk factors, treatment options, and outcomes: A systematic review

Periurethral abscess etiology, risk factors, treatment options, and outcomes: A systematic review

Pelvic Abscess Caused by Ureteral Calculus and Abscess Treatment through Aspiration by Transperineal Puncture

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