I am looking for pages where the terms (urethral diverticula, urethral
diverticulum) and (retroverted uterus, tipped uterus, uterine
retroversion) both appear, specifically pages which suggest that there
might be a connection.

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Request for Question Clarification by tehuti-ga on 06 Aug 2002 12:46 PDT

There is only one single paper which comes up in a Medline search, but
it does not relate the two conditions in any way, except that both can
give a similar pattern on X-ray.

Urology 1982 Volume 19(no. 4) pages 441-446 
Impressions on floor of female bladder: "the female prostate".
Amis ES Jr, Cronan JJ, Yoder IC, Pfister RC.

"...impression on the base of the female bladder resembling the
enlarged male prostate radiographically. Though the finding is widely
recognized, confusion exists as to its significance. The differential
diagnosis is moderately extensive, and includes retroverted uterus,
anterior vaginal tumors, urethral and bladder floor tumors, benign and
malignant bony pelvic lesions, urethral diverticulum, and postsurgical
changes."

I am putting this as a clarification rather than in the paid answer
space, since it is probably a lot less than you were expecting to be
found.

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Clarification of Question by ljh9999-ga on 07 Aug 2002 19:40 PDT

Thanks for your prompt reply, and for treating it as a clarification.

I had searched some of the medical sites like Medlink, but hadn't
found much, I wondered if some-one more expert than I am would be able
to dig up anything else.

Re the comments added by other people, uterine prolapse is quite
different to retroverted uterus, so although I appreciate the
suggestion I don't think using that term would help much. The same
would apply to pseudodiverticula and Hunners ulcer.

A small reference to some of those therms in at page 24 in this
document

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:62ApvVhghfoC:www.pelvicpain.org/pdf/diagnosis_management.pdf+%22urethral+diverticulum%22+%22uterine+retroversion%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

You might try using "uterine prolapse" and "retroverted uterus" since
the literature seems to group these two together.
http://www.cgmh.org.tw/intr/intr5/c6700/TF/Medical/f/web/Malposition%20of%20uterus

additional possible search words:
pseudodiverticula
Hunner ulcer

retroverted uterus is a very common, and completely innocuous
condition. Given its frequency, people with urethral diverticula might
be expected on occasion to have it as well. However there is no
connection. The former is physiologic, the latter pathologic.