Self-introduction of foreign body into urinary bladder.
A 142-cm knotted electric cable was removed cystoscopically from a 12-year-old girl. Psychiatric evaluation revealed normal childhood curiosity and inquisitiveness and no pathological mental process. Both a urologist and a psychiatrist need to be involved in the management of such patients.
Mukerji
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Department of Urology, Wexham Park Hospital, Wexham, UK.
Rao
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Hussein
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Motiwala
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D002648:Child; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D001743:Urinary Bladder