title: An Unexpected Foreign Body (a Thermometer) in the Bladder: A Case Report.
abstract: Foreign bodies in the bladder are rarely observed because of difficult access. These patients usually have a mental disorder, a background of intense sexual perversion, or inquisitiveness. A 48-year-old, deaf, and mentally retarded woman was referred to the nephrology clinic for severe anemia and impaired renal function. Imaging tests showed a mercury thermometer positioned in the bladder and a stone, 5 cm in diameter, around it. This had caused bilateral ureteral obstruction. The patient underwent an open cysteotomy. Obstructive uropathy is one of the causes of kidney failure; therefore, foreign bodies should be included in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Preveza, Preveza, Greece.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dardamanis
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Preveza, Preveza, Greece.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balta
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Preveza, Preveza, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zacharopoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Preveza, Preveza, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tatsi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, General Hospital of Preveza, Preveza, Greece.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tzima
keywords: Bladder; Foreign bodies; Obstructive uropathy; Thermometer