Extravesical foreign body presenting as a bladder tumor

Authors
Kyriakou, G Kalahanis, N Kyroudi-Voulgari, A Zervas, A Mitropoulos, D
Citation
G. Kyriakou et al., Extravesical foreign body presenting as a bladder tumor, UROL INTERN, 65(4), 2000, pp. 224-225
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
UROLOGIA INTERNATIONALIS
ISSN journal
00421138 → ACNP
Volume
65
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
224 - 225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-1138(2000)65:4<224:EFBPAA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Although foreign bodies left in the abdominal cavity may remain asymptomati c for long periods, they may also cause serious complications, We present a case of gauze forgotten in the lower abdomen which remained asymptomatic f or almost 1 year, When a granuloma had formed, it infiltrated the bladder w all giving the clinical and imaging appearance of an invasive bladder tumor . Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.