Foreign body in the urinary bladder
Discussion:
A case of a "lost" urethral sound. Urethral sounding is a usual medical practice to dilate or stretch the urethra in cases of urethral strictures or to remove urethral foreign bodies.
In a non-medical context, urethral sounding is the practice of inserting an object into the urethra for sexual gratification.
In this instance, it was a silicone sound, approximately 200mm in length and 7-8mm in diameter.
The device was removed during cystoscopy.
Case courtesy of Dr S Palliam.
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