The Radiologic Appearances of Diverticula of the Male Cavernous Urethra

In discussing diverticula of the cavernous urethra, it is, according to pathologists, necessary to separate such cavities due to cyst formation of the bulbourethral ('Cowperian') ducts, and those caused by a congenital disturbance in the closure of the urethral channel.The former are situated in the posterior portion of the cavernous urethra, the latterwhich are very rarein the penile urethra, in both cases on the inferior surface (HENKE and LUBARSCH 1934).Malformation of the bulbourethral ducts is not uncommon; in a systematic.investigation of 645 autopsy subjects, ELBOGEN (1886) found fifteen small cysts, that is 2.3 per cent.In rare cases these cysts may cause urethral stenosis of a severe degree in small children (ELBOGEN, 1886).1-531997.Artu Hudiologiccc.1'01.40.