[Migration of an intrauterine device. An unusual cause of bladder foreign body].
The origin of vesical and lower urinary tract foreign bodies is very wide, the specialized literature descriptions ranging from urethral dilators to coffee spoons handles through wires, cables and surgical instrumentation. The most frequent entry route of foreign bodies to the lower urinary tract is through the urethra usually by self-introduction or during transurethral surgical procedures. Another access route is that occurring during open or traumatic surgical manoeuvres. Less frequent is that the foreign body migrates from another anatomical structure. These patients present an heterogeneous clinical picture which depends on the location of the foreign body in the urinary tract. Thus, it can be acute if located in the urethra or subacute or chronic if found at vesical level.
Blasco Hernández
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Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla.
Camacho Martínez
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E
Quintero Rodríguez
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Campoy Martínez
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Vilches Cocovi
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E
Salazar Murillo
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García Pérez
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D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D008875:Middle Aged; D001743:Urinary Bladder