Congenital obstructive posterior urethral membranes and recurrent urinary tract infection: a rare case of congenital hypertrophy of the verumontanum

  • Diana Bancin Department of Child Health, Gadjah Mada University Medical School/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Central Java
  • Elisabeth S. Herini Department of Child Health, Gadjah Mada University Medical School/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Central Java
  • Pungky Ardani Kusuma Department of Child Health, Gadjah Mada University Medical School/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Central Java
  • Neti Nurani Department of Child Health, Gadjah Mada University Medical School/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Central Java
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14238/pi55.1.2015.59-64
Keywords: COPUM, congenital obstructive posterior urethral membranes, kidney, urinary tract infection

Abstract

Congenital obstructive posterior urethral membranes (COPUM) is a complex disease closely related to several pathological changes in kidney development and function, as a result of urinary reflux since in utero. This congenital anomaly of urinary tract potentially causes hydroureteronephrosis that is often associated with recurrent urinary tract infections and, ultimately, one of the most common causes of end-stage renal disease in children.1,2 Congenital hypertrophy of the verumontanum as part of COPUM is very rare. Only a few reports have been written on congenital hypertrophy of the vermontanum causing congenital obstructive uropathy.3-6

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Bancin D, Herini ES, Kusuma PA, Nurani N. Congenital obstructive posterior urethral membranes and recurrent urinary tract infection: a rare case of congenital hypertrophy of the verumontanum. PI [Internet]. 1Mar.2015 [cited 23Apr.2024];55(1):59-4. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/107
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Received 2016-07-12
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Published 2015-03-01