Needle urethral self-insertion for nine years in an adolescent boy

Song Wang; Jingguo Wang; Shengqi Xu; Kaimin Guo

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101602

Needle urethral self-insertion for nine years in an adolescent boy

Urol Case Rep. 2021 Feb 12:37:101602. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101602. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Song Wang¹, Jingguo Wang², Shengqi Xu³, Kaimin Guo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, PR China.
² Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, PR China.
³ Department of Andrology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, PR China.

Abstract

Self-insertion of needles into the urethra is rare among children, especially in adolescents with no evident history of mental illness. It is usually an urological emergency condition and needs surgery as soon as possible. The case we report here is a 14 year-old boy with urethral self-insertion of a sewing needle which was lodged in urethra for 9 years. The needle was successfully removed by urethrocystoscope with a surgical grasper. Our objective of this case report is to remind urologists and pediatrician of the possibility of urethral foreign bodies and recommend scrotal ultrasonography as the first examination modality.

Keywords: Adolescent; Urethra; Urethral foreign body.

Publication types

Case Reports