title: Spiculated bladder calculi: the culprit for repeated catheter failure.
abstract: We report on the case of a frustrated 90-year-old gentleman who was seen in the Accident and Emergency department for the third time in four days with failure of his long-term urethral catheter. He reported that the catheter simply "fell out" with the balloon deflated. On each occasion previously, the catheter had been reinserted in A&E and the patient discharged home. These repeated visits to A&E were understandably a source of much frustration for the patient and his family. On the third presentation, plain abdominal radiography demonstrated a large spiculated bladder calculus.
authors: King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Wek
authors: T P
authors: TP
authors: Fox
authors: G H
authors: GH
authors: Muir
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