Giant vesical diverticulum: A rare cause of defecation disturbance

Table 1 A summary of 12 cases of giant vesical diverticula reported in the English medical literature from 1957 to 2009 and description of the studies

Ref.	Yr	Age	Sex	Medical history	Initial symptom	Diagnosis	Management	Complication
Kauffman et al[3]	1957	70	M	Not available	Constipation	X-ray films, intravenous urography	Diverticulectomy	Not found
Mirow et al[4]	2007	84	M	Sigmoid carcinoma	Abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction	Intraoperative	Diverticulectomy	Not found
Shaked et al[5]	2009	76	M	Hypertension, diabetes mellitus	Abdominal pain, constipation	CT
Shukla et al[6]	2004	11	F	EDS	Infection, incomplete voiding	Cystogram	Diverticulectomy	Not found
		4 mo-3 yr	M	No medical history of voiding dysfunction	Decreasing urinary stream and urinary retention
			M
			M
Burrows et al[7]	1998	16	M	EDS type 1	Outflow obstruction	Cystogram	Diverticulectomy	Not found
Suzuki et al[8]	2002	84	M	Bladder injury with bullet	Abdominal distension	CT, cystogram	Diverticulectomy	Not found
Farhi et al[9]	1991	31	F	Recurrent urinary infection	Ovarian cyst	USG, cystogram	Not available	Not available
Taha et al[10]	1987	65	M	Not available	Abdominal distension, slow stream of urine	Intravenous urography, CT	Reduction cystoplasty	Not found
Siddiqui et al[11]	2003	77	M	TUR-P was performed twice because of urinary retention	Acute urinary retention	Intravenous urography	Diverticulectomy	Not found

The first three references present cases of bladder diverticula which caused gastrointestinal symptoms. CT: Computed tomography; EDS: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; TUR-P: Transurethral prostatectomy; USG: Ultrasonography.