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ArticleUrology case reports2025

Late presentation of incomplete bladder duplication: an unexpected misdiagnosed rare case report.

Aya Mohamed Nasr Ibrahim, Mohab Alsaid Saad, Mustafa I Al-Shalah, Zaid F Altawallbeh, Abdelrahman Elkhiat, Mohamed Elsaqa, Hasan Ahmad Matar, Akhmad Asaad Matar, Mostafa Said

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Aya Mohamed Nasr IbrahimUrology Resident at Alexandria Main University, Egypt.
Mohab Alsaid SaadFaculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mustafa I Al-ShalahDepartment of Urology, Al Basheer Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Zaid F AltawallbehInternship at Al Nadeem Hospital, Madaba, Jordan.
Abdelrahman ElkhiatDepartment of Urology, Alexandria Main University, Egypt.
Mohamed ElsaqaFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Hasan Ahmad MatarBashkir State Medical University, Russia.
Akhmad Asaad MatarRussian Medical Academy of Post Graduate Education, Moscow, Russia.
Mostafa SaidDepartment of Urology, Alexandria Main Hospital, Egypt.

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Incomplete bladder duplication (BD) is a rare congenital anomaly in which two bladder halves remain partially connected and share a single urethra; only 12 cases have been recorded. A 60-year-old female with severe lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) following hysterectomy and sacrocolpopexy. Initially suspected to be mesh-related, cystourethroscopy and MRI revealed an incomplete sagittal bladder septum. Laser excision resolved her symptoms. While surgery is rarely needed for BD, this case underscores its necessity in symptomatic patients. This case of incomplete BD without associated multiple congenital malformations emphasizes the need to consider rare congenital anomalies even in atypical presentation.

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Bladder duplicationCystourethroscopyHysterectomyIncomplete bladder septumLUTS

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