A very unusual intravesical foreign body in a male

Cağatay Göğüş; Ozcan Kiliç; Ahmet Haliloğlu; Orhan Göğüş

doi:10.1023/a:1023237523186

A very unusual intravesical foreign body in a male

Int Urol Nephrol. 2002;34(2):203-4. doi: 10.1023/a:1023237523186.

Authors

Cağatay Göğüş¹, Ozcan Kiliç, Ahmet Haliloğlu, Orhan Göğüş

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 12775095
DOI: 10.1023/a:1023237523186

Abstract

We present a case of a battery as foreign body in the bladder in a 36-year-old man. Many kinds of foreign bodies in the bladder have been reported but to our knowledge this is the first case of a battery. The diagnosis and the treatment of the case is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cystostomy
Foreign Bodies* / diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies* / surgery
Humans
Male
Radiography
Urinary Bladder* / diagnostic imaging