Abstract

BackgroundPelvic dystopia of rudimentary multicystic dysplastic kidney as a rare cause of bedwetting in children.Case presentationWe report the case of a 14-year-old Kazakh girl who presented with difficulty in starting the stream of urine and intermittent interruption of the urinary stream while voiding as well as bedwetting, caused by a rare congenital disease (pelvic dystopia of rudimentary multicystic dysplastic kidney). The diagnostic workup, differential diagnosis, and management, and a review of the literature are presented. Persistent since she was 2 years old, bedwetting was stressful for both the parents and child. Initially detected radiologically and endoscopically, a bladder mass was thought suspicious for ureterocele, papilloma, or mixed tumor of the urinary bladder, but surprisingly, turned out to be a pelvic dystopia of the rudimentary multicystic dysplastic kidney. Transvesical excision of this mass was performed.ConclusionsThe purpose of this case report is to draw attention to the fact that a persistent case of bedwetting which does not respond to conventional therapy should be subject to further examinations to exclude surgical causes of the disease.

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  • Pelvic dystopia of rudimentary multicystic dysplastic kidney as a rare cause of bedwetting in children.Case presentation: We report the case of a 14-year-old Kazakh girl who presented with difficulty in starting the stream of urine and intermittent interruption of the urinary stream while voiding as well as bedwetting, caused by a rare congenital disease

  • Karimbayev et al Journal of Medical Case Reports (2018) 12:121 using search terms causes of “enuresis” and “bedwetting” as keywords and did not find any reports apprising that dystopia of rudimentary multicystic dysplastic kidney can be the cause of bedwetting

  • Case presentation A 14-year-old Kazakh girl who had ongoing difficulties in starting the stream of urine and intermittent interruption of the urinary stream while voiding, and bedwetting since her early years, which was stressful for both the parents and child

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Conclusions

When conventional methods of treatment of nocturnal enuresis in children are ineffective, other causes which require surgical intervention should be excluded. One of the very rare causes may be dystopic rudimentary multicystic dysplastic kidney, which can be successfully treated by transvesical excision. In such difficult cases, where radiologic and endoscopic findings (bladder mass) mislead clinicians with ureterocele, papilloma, or mixed tumor of the urinary bladder, collaboration between surgeons and pathologists is very important when accurate diagnostic search work is required

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