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The aim of this study was to highlight the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties of acquired nontraumatic urethral strictures in boys in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon.<jats:italic>Methodology<\/jats:italic>. The authors report five cases of nontraumatic urethral strictures managed at the Pediatric Surgery Department of the YGOPH over a two-year period (November 2012\u2013November 2014). In order to confirm the diagnosis of urethral stricture, all patients were assessed with both cystourethrography and urethrocystoscopy.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. In all the cases the urethra was inflammatory with either a single or multiple strictures. The surgical management included internal urethrotomy (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">1<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>), urethral dilatation (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">1<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>), vesicostomy (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">2<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>), and urethral catheterization (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">3<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). With a median follow-up of 8.2 months (4\u201316 months) all patients remained symptoms-free.<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. The authors report the difficulties encountered in the diagnosis and management of nontraumatic urethral strictures in boys at a tertiary hospital in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon. The existence of an inflammatory etiology of urethral strictures in boys deserves to be considered.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2016\/2586458","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,30]],"date-time":"2016-04-30T21:00:58Z","timestamp":1462050058000},"page":"1-4","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Acquired Nontraumatic Urethral Strictures in Boys in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2016","author":[{"given":"F. 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