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Korean Urological Association, Taehan pinyuki kwahak hoe-ji, 2(51), p. 149, 2010

DOI: 10.4111/kju.2010.51.2.149

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Delayed Diagnosis of an Intraurethral Foreign Body Causing Urosepsis and Penile Necrosis

Journal article published in 2010 by Eu Chang Hwang, Jun Seok Kim, Seung Il Jung, Chang Min Im, Bu Hyeon Yun, Dong Deuk Kwon, Kwangsung Park ORCID, Soo Bang Ryu, Jun Eul Hwang ORCID
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Abstract

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.