Delayed diagnosis of an intraurethral foreign body causing urosepsis and penile necrosis.
Cases of self-inserted foreign bodies in the male urethra and urinary bladder are unusual. In most cases, the type of foreign body can be identified by taking a history or from radiological findings; sometimes, however, it is difficult to identify the foreign body because of decreased mental capacity of the patient or unknown radiological characteristics of the foreign body. We experienced a chronic alcoholic patient with septicemia and penile necrosis in whom a fragment of mirror glass had passed through the urethra into the bladder. The glass, 2 cm in length and 0.7 cm in diameter, was detected by cystoscopy and was removed by using a resectosope.
Hwang
Eu Chang
EC
Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
Kim
Jun Seok
JS
Jung
Seung Il
SI
Im
Chang Min
CM
Yun
Bu Hyeon
BH
Kwon
Dong Deuk
DD
Park
Kwangsung
K
Ryu
Soo Bang
SB
Hwang
Jun Eul
JE