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| Archana Agarwal1, Justin Gould2 | ||||||
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1MD, Medical Director Hospitalist Services, Department of Medicine, Steward Carney Hospital, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA.
2MD, Attending Physician, Department of Urology, Steward Carney Hospital, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. | ||||||
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| Agarwal A, Gould J. An unusual consequence of urinary catheter neglect: A giant bladder stone. Int J Case Rep Images 2014;5(6):427–430. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Indwelling urinary catheters cause a variety of complications including infections, pain and bleeding. Sometimes, the catheter becomes encrusted and blocked.
Case Report: A 66-year-old male was presented with increasing suprapubic pain for about two months because of a poorly draining Foley catheter. Two years earlier, the patient had undergone a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) gland. He was given a Foley catheter and asked to follow-up in a week. He did not follow-up or change the catheter for two years. The catheter could not be removed. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen showed a large encrustation of 5.0x5.2x5.5 cm surrounding the Foley. The patient underwent open suprapubic cystostomy with intact retrieval of stone along with the catheter. Conclusion: Indwelling Foley catheters frequently become encrusted and may become difficulty to remove. The developments of giant encrustations are unusual. Such giant encrustations usually need surgery for removal. | |
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Keywords:
Indwelling urinary catheters, Bladder stone formation, Encrustations, Proteus Mirabilis
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Author Contributions
Archana Agarwal – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Justin Gould – Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support
None |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2014 Archana Agarwal et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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