Electrical wire as a foreign body in a male urethra: a case report

• Main Authors: Stravodimos Konstantinos G, Koritsiadis Georgios, Koutalellis Georgios
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2009-02-01
• Series: Journal of Medical Case Reports
• Online Access: http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/3/1/49

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Self-inflicted foreign bodies in the male urethra and urinary bladder are an emergency that urologists may rarely have to face. A case of an electrical wire inserted in the male urethra and coiled in the bladder is presented.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 53-year-old male presented with the inability to void and bloody urethral discharge after having introduced an electrical wire in his urethra for masturbation 3 hours earlier. He had made several unsuccessful attempts to remove it.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The variety of these objects may be impressive and removal of the foreign body may be quite challenging requiring imagination and high-level surgical skills., In this case an electrical wire was used and the diagnostic as well as the therapeutic steps for its removal are presented.</p>