Foreign body stone in the urinary bladder: a case report.
Bladder calculi rarely form spontaneously and are usually a manifestation of an underlying pathologic condition of the lower urinary tract, including voiding dysfunction, urinary infection, obstruction, or foreign body retention. However, a ruptured Foley balloon-induced bladder stone is an unusual complication of an indwelling Foley catheter. We report a case of spinal cord injury with paraplegia and bladder stone induced by a fragment of a ruptured Foley balloon. The bladder stone and the Foley balloon fragment were successfully removed by cystoscopy. The stone was composed of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate. We report this unusual case to raise awareness that it is important to check the integrity of the Foley catheter after removal of the tube.
Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. k84066@kmhk.kmu.edu.tw
Yung-Shun
YS
Juan
Chun-Kai
CK
Chen
Mei-Yu
MY
Jang
Jung-Tsung
JT
Shen
Chii-Jye
CJ
Wang
Yii-Her
YH
Chou
Chun-Hsiung
CH
Huang
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000209:etiology*