Newborn Nursery at LPCH

Prolapsed Ureterocele

photo by William Kennedy, MD

This mass is large enough to obscure all intra-labial landmarks, and is quite hemorrhagic in appearance. This is a ureterocele which has actually prolapsed through the urethra to be visible externally. Surgical intervention is necessary in this case.

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