Delayed Diagnosis of an Intraurethral Foreign Body Causing Urosepsis and Penile Necrosis.
10.4111/kju.2010.51.2.149
- Author:
Eu Chang HWANG
1
;
Jun Seok KIM
;
Seung Il JUNG
;
Chang Min IM
;
Bu Hyeon YUN
;
Dong Deuk KWON
;
Kwangsung PARK
;
Soo Bang RYU
;
Jun Eul HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. ganglion72@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Foreign bodies;
Urinary bladder;
Urethra;
Sepsis
- MeSH:
Alcoholics;
Cystoscopy;
Delayed Diagnosis;
Foreign Bodies;
Glass;
Humans;
Male;
Necrosis;
Sepsis;
Urethra;
Urinary Bladder
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2010;51(2):149-151
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cases of self-inserted foreign bodies in the male urethra and urinary bladder are unusual. In most cases, the type of foreign body can be identified by taking a history or from radiological findings; sometimes, however, it is difficult to identify the foreign body because of decreased mental capacity of the patient or unknown radiological characteristics of the foreign body. We experienced a chronic alcoholic patient with septicemia and penile necrosis in whom a fragment of mirror glass had passed through the urethra into the bladder. The glass, 2 cm in length and 0.7 cm in diameter, was detected by cystoscopy and was removed by using a resectosope.
