title: Self-introduction of unusual foreign body into the urethra: a case report.
abstract: An 89-year-old male developed chronic urinary retention for five days due to a lobster tentacle impacted in his penile urethra. Because the penile deformity and abscess formation, he received external urethrotomy with removal of foreign body and suprapubic urinary diversion. There was no psychiatric problem in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, 803 Army General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D014521:Urethra; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology