Familial bulbar urethral strictures

Strictures are commonly encountered in the urological practice. The most common aetiologies are infection, trauma and iatrogenic events. Familial occurrence of urethral stricture is exceptionally rare. We present a case in which bulbar urethral strictures developed in a father and his two sons.

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2014-03, Vol.2014, p.bcr2013202857
Hauptverfasser: Jindal, Tarun, Pal, Partha, Sinha, Rajan Kumar, Karmakar, Dilip
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Strictures are commonly encountered in the urological practice. The most common aetiologies are infection, trauma and iatrogenic events. Familial occurrence of urethral stricture is exceptionally rare. We present a case in which bulbar urethral strictures developed in a father and his two sons.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-202857