Female intravesical foreign body penetrating the bladder wall: A rare case of traditional Asian hair stick kanzashi

Masahiro Arai; Hideki Takeshita; Wataru Hirata; Kojiro Tachibana; Shoichi Nagamoto; Sachi Kitayama; Akihiro Yano; Yohei Okada; Satoru Kawakami

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8008

Female intravesical foreign body penetrating the bladder wall: A rare case of traditional Asian hair stick kanzashi

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Oct 4;11(10):e8008. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8008. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Masahiro Arai¹, Hideki Takeshita¹, Wataru Hirata¹, Kojiro Tachibana¹, Shoichi Nagamoto¹, Sachi Kitayama¹, Akihiro Yano¹, Yohei Okada¹, Satoru Kawakami¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Saitama Medical Center Saitama Medical University Kawagoe, Saitama Japan.

Abstract

A female in her thirties inserted an Asian traditional hair stick, kanzashi, into her urinary bladder for sexual gratification. We need to know that everyday objects can become bladder foreign bodies and how to manage them properly.

Keywords: abdominal injuries; beauty culture; female genitourinary diseases; foreign bodies; sexual behavior; urinary bladder.

Publication types

Case Reports