Prenatal diagnosis of a congenital bladder diverticulum - Case report and benefits of prenatal diagnosis

A case of congenital bladder diverticulum diagnosed at 37 weeks of gestatio n (measured from the first day after the last day of the last menstrual per iod) is reported. Delivery took place 24 h later. A postnatal urologic work up confirmed the diagnosis of asymptomatic congenital bladder diverticulum. The infant underwent laparotomic surgery at the age of 6 months, with an e xtravesical diverticulectomy and ureteral reimplantation. There were no com plications. This is the first case reported in the literature of a prenatal diagnosis of a congenital bladder diveiticulum. This new aspect allows ear ly management and avoidance of the diagnostic meanders to which the discove ry of a pelvic mass might lead, as well as the complications that can follo w bladder diverticula.