title: The unbreakable bladder stone--Munchhausen's tale.
abstract: A wide range of intra-vesical foreign bodies have been described in the literature. Causes include iatrogenic, migration from adjacent organs, penetrating injuries and self-insertion, either due to eroticism, inquisitiveness or as a result of a psychiatric illness. We present an unusual case of fictitious bladder stones that proved unbreakable using all standard endourological techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Lithotripsy and Stone Services, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zammit
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bikhchandani
authors.forename: N P N
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Buchholz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003558:Cystoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries*; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014567:Urography