Megalourethra and bladder foreign body in a female patient

Vladimir Bilim; Nobuya Watanabe; Shigeru Arai; Senji Hoshi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7528

Megalourethra and bladder foreign body in a female patient

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jun 15;11(6):e7528. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7528. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Vladimir Bilim¹, Nobuya Watanabe², Shigeru Arai², Senji Hoshi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology Kameda Daiichi Hospital Niigata Japan.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Kameda Daiichi Hospital Niigata Japan.
³ Department of Urology Yamagata Tokushukai Hospital Yamagata Japan.

Abstract

Key clinical message: Undiagnosed female megalourethra can be a cause of iatrogenic bladder foreign body.

Abstract: Foreign bodies in the urinary bladder are relatively rare. Female megalourethra is an extremely rare congenital disorder which is usually associated with Müllerian anomalies. We describe a case of an iatrogenic bladder foreign body and a megalourethra in a young woman with normal gynecological organs.

Keywords: megalourethra; stress urinary incontinence; urinary bladder foreign body.

Publication types

Case Reports