Unusual Foreign Body in the Vesico-Urethral; 195 cm Liquid Pipe

Insertion of foreign bodies into the genitourinary system is a pathological action believed to increase sexual gratification usually for psychiatric patients and mentally retarded cases especially during masturbation. In this report, we represented a male case who is inserted a 195 cm cannula by himself into the bladder through the urethra because of his psychiatric disorder.

Below:  A long, and thin cannula with a knot protruding from the urethral meatus

Below: Intravesical cannula with multiple knots as seen on CT

Below:  Extracted foreign substance; A 195 cm-long soft plastic cannula with a diameter of 0.5 cm

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By: Doğukan Sökmen, Buğra Doğukan Törer, Taner Kargı, Abdullah Hızır Yavuzsan, Selçuk Şahin, and Volkan Tuğcu

Department of Urology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

Correspondence: Doğukan Sökmen, Department of Urology, Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey