An unusual foreign body in the urinary bladder mimicking a parasitic worm

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Jul;50(7):2520-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00532-12. Epub 2012 Apr 25.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of a foreign body removed from the urinary bladder of a 63-year-old male which mimicked a parasitic worm. The foreign body was identified as an artificial fishing worm by morphological comparison to a similar commercially produced product and by infrared spectrum analysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
  • Foreign Bodies / pathology*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology*
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery