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Urethral diverticula are a tubular or spherical pouches opening in the urethral canal by means of an ostium at any point of its course. The congenital one called a true diverticulum. A urethral diverticulum is differentiated from other cystic structures like; urethral cysts and syringocele, as it is a permanent, epithelialized, non-muscular, sac-like cavity projecting into the periurethral fascia and arising from the urethral lumen.
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Fahmy, M. (2017). Urethral Diverticula. In: Congenital Anomalies of the Penis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43310-3_29
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