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Urethral Caruncle: Multimedia

Author: Kamran P Sajadi, MD, Staff Physician, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Coauthor(s): Ann Y Becker, MD, Assistant Professor, Section of Urology, Medical College of Georgia; Scott Rutchik, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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Updated: Oct 30, 2009

Multimedia

This image shows marked vascular engorgement and ...Media file 1: This image shows marked vascular engorgement and a polymorphous inflammatory infiltrate in the stroma. Surface epithelium is benign. Courtesy of G.T. MacLennan, MD.
This image shows marked vascular engorgement and ...

This image shows marked vascular engorgement and a polymorphous inflammatory infiltrate in the stroma. Surface epithelium is benign. Courtesy of G.T. MacLennan, MD.

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Further Reading

Keywords

urethral caruncle, urethral lesions, caruncula, carunculae, urethral diverticulum, urethral carcinoma, periurethral gland abscess, dysuria, distal urethral prolapse, estrogen deficiency, epithelium, polymorphous inflammatory infiltrate

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Kamran P Sajadi, MD, Staff Physician, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Kamran P Sajadi, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Urological Association, Endourological Society, and National Association for Continence
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Ann Y Becker, MD, Assistant Professor, Section of Urology, Medical College of Georgia
Ann Y Becker, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Women's Association, American Urological Association, and Society of Women in Urology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Scott Rutchik, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Scott Rutchik, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Urological Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Allen Donald Seftel, MD, Professor, Department of Urology, Case School of Medicine
Allen Donald Seftel, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Ohio State Medical Association
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J Stuart Wolf Jr, MD, FACS, David A Bloom Professor of Urology, Director of Division of Minimally Invasive Urology, Department of Urology, University of Michigan
J Stuart Wolf Jr, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Urological Association, Catholic Medical Association, Endourological Society, Society for Urology and Engineering, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Society of University Urologists, and Society of Urologic Oncology
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