Needle urethral self-insertion for nine years in an adolescent boy
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Published on: November 2, 2017
Song Wang1, Jingguo Wang2, Shengqi Xu3
1Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, PR China.
Abstract:
Self-insertion of needles into the urethra is rare among children, especially in adolescents with no evident history of mental illness. It is usually an urological emergency condition and needs surgery as soon as possible. The case we report here is a 14 year-old boy with urethral self-insertion of a sewing needle which was lodged in urethra for 9 years. The needle was successfully removed by urethrocystoscope with a surgical grasper. Our objective of this case report is to remind urologists and pediatrician of the possibility of urethral foreign bodies and recommend scrotal ultrasonography as the first examination modality.
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