Hair as a Lower Urinary Tract Foreign Body

Zeitlin, Austin B.; Cottrell, Thomas L.C.; Lloyd, Frederick A.

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)66641-2

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“…Being a foreign material, hair in the bladder is an ideal locus for crystalline precipitation, which may then be perpetuated by the reaction of the urothelium to the extraneous material. 13 Similar cases associated with intermittent catheterization have been described previously 10,11,[14][15][16][17][18] and comparable cases of calculi forming on hair in pedicle island patch urethroplasty have been reported. It is also possible that persons using intermittent catheterization limit fluid intake to reduce the frequency of catheterization, leading to a concentrated urine and subsequent preponderance to stone formation.…”

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Bladder calculi formed over a hair nidus in spinal injury cases

Joshi

Mittal

2013

The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

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Clean intermittent catheterization has been demonstrated to be a safe and effective method of bladder drainage in patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction. However, breakdowns in technique may allow the introduction of foreign matter into the bladder and thereby result in bladder calculi. The three cases reported herein demonstrate this potential problem in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) with hair nidus as the source of bladder calculi causing neurogenic bladder. In each situation, the problem was identified, calculi were removed cystoscopically and the patient and/or the ancillary aid were reinstructed. We recommend annual renal function tests, ultrasound and cytoscopic screening in high suspicion cases to allow early detection of bladder calculi in persons with SCI and prevent further urinary tract infections. This report also emphasizes the need for patient education and a careful follow-up preventing bladder calculi and thus, minimizing the morbidity in persons with SCI.

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Bladder calculi formed over a hair nidus in spinal injury cases

Joshi

Mittal

2013

The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

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“…Tips of Foley catheters, pieces of balloons, forgotten urological stents, ribbon gauze, clips, encrusted sutures, have all been found in the UB (6-10). In some cases pubic hair may accidentally enter the bladder during catheterization (11). FBs can perforate the UB from the gastrointestinal or female genital tract.…”

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Foreign Body in the Urinary Bladder of 14- Year- Old Boy: Case Report and Review of Literature

Mujagić

Zulic

Jagodić³

2015

Pediatr Today

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Objective -Foreign bodies (FB) in the urinary bladder (UB) in adults are frequent while in children this condition has been rarely reported in the literature. Case report -A 14-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of abdominal pain, dysuria, traces of blood on the underwear and temperature of 38.5 Co. He denied self-insertion of FB into the urinary system. Abdominal ultrasound and intravenous urogram showed a tubular structure in the UB, and cystoscopy revealed a thin tube-like structure in the UB, that was partly incorporated in the wall of the bladder, suspicious of FB. Tumour mass such as a teratoma could not be excluded, also. As a result and especially due to the fact that the boy denied self-insertion of the FB, cystoscopic removal of the FB could not be performed. Computed tomography revealed a hypodense area into the UB that spreading through the inflamated wall of the bladder into the left obturator internus muscle. Suprapubic cystostomy was done and ear cleaning stick 10 cm in lenght was found into the UB. The boy confessed self-insertion of the FB during erotic stimulation. Conclusion -In the differential diagnosis of the causes of unknown genital bleeding and hematuria, one should always think of a FB, even when the patient denies self-insertion.

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