Polycyanoacrylate (super glue) as bladder concretion in a patient after bilateral inguinal hernioplasty

Ann Clin Biochem. 2020 Jul;57(4):328-331. doi: 10.1177/0004563220916758. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Abstract

A rare case of cyanoacrylate urine bladder urolithiasis in a 60-year-old male is presented. The application of surgical glue (Glubran) as treatment of seroma one month after laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty led to the instillation of the n-butyl cyanoacrylate into the bladder resulting in the formation of a concretion. Infrared spectroscopy of the urine stone removed by cystoscopic laser lithotripsy four months after the surgery allowed the identification of the nature of the stone and revealed cyanoacrylate as the major component and co-monomer methacryloxy sulfolane as the minor component. Polypropylene from the mesh was not detected.

Keywords: Cyanoacrylate; bilateral hernioplasty; infrared spectroscopy; urine concretion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adhesives / adverse effects*
  • Adhesives / therapeutic use
  • Cyanoacrylates / adverse effects*
  • Cyanoacrylates / therapeutic use
  • Herniorrhaphy / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / surgery*

Substances

  • Adhesives
  • Cyanoacrylates