Maria Del Pilar Sanchez-Camacho Gonzalez-Carrato MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Purificacion Calvo Azabarte, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Sonia DieguezTapias MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Maria Isabel Garcia-Hidalgo MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Rosa Maria Martin-Crespo Izquierdo, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Lina Marcela Cruz Hernandez ARRT, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. To describe the embryology and anatomy of the male urethra. 2. To analyze the imaging techniques available for his study. 3. To review the different pathologies depending on the urethral segment.

The male urethra consists of posterior (prostatic and membranous) and anterior (bulbous and penile) portions. The most important imaging techniques for the study of urethral pathology are: - Ultrasound: to assess the effects on bladder, ureters and kidneys - Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) - Retrograde urethrogram - Intravenous urography - Echo-enhanced cystosonography - Computed tomography - Magnetic resonance imaging We will review the most important urethral pathology and his differential diagnosis: Posterior urethra: - Posterior urethral valves, categorized into three types according to the Young's classification - Cecoureterocele - Plicae colliculus - Prostatic utricle - Reflux into the prostatic ducts and seminal vesicles Anterior urethra: - Cobb´s collar - Anterior urethral valves - Urethral diverticulum - Cowper's duct cyst or syringocele - Urethral polyp - Urethral duplication - Megalourethra Anorectal malformations: - Cloacal malformation - Urethral fistula 

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Sanchez-Camacho Gonzalez-Carrato, M, Calvo Azabarte, P, DieguezTapias, S, Garcia-Hidalgo, M, Martin-Crespo Izquierdo, R, Cruz Hernandez, L, Urethral Anatomy and Pathology in Childhood.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14006799.html