[Intravesical foreign bodies. Review of the literature]

[Intrauterine device migration to the bladder: four case reports]

The intrauterine device has been commonly used in our population for many years as contraceptive method. One of the complications is the device migration out of the uterus. One of the most uncommon fait of this migration is the bladder, with few reports on the literature. In this work, four cases are reported with their clinical presentation, study and treatment.

Foreign body in the bladder mimicking nephritis

Cases of foreign bodies in the bladder self-inserted via urethra are not rare in childhood. Urinary tract infection, dysuria, lower abdominal pain, or haematuria with and without pain are common symptoms. We report on a 11-year-old boy with accidentally detected microscopic haematuria, proteinuria and leukocyturia. Because of increasing proteinuria up to 2330 mg/g creatinine and elevated antistreptolysin titre glomerulonephritis was suspected. However, some echogenic material was detected in the bladder by ultrasound. X-ray of the pelvis showed a 30 cm long tube projecting onto the bladder. The boy then admitted having had inserted a plastic tube into the urethra two years ago. The foreign body was removed cystoscopically. Four weeks after cystoscopy erythrocyturia, leucoyturia and proteinuria had disappeared. We state that symptoms of a local inflammation caused by a foreign body in the bladder can imitate the symptoms of nephritis.

[Foreign bodies in the urethra and bladder: our experience]

We report the urethra and bladder foreign bodies seen in our department from 1976 to September 2004. We review the kind of the foreign bodies, the psychological profile of the patient, the clinical findings, diagnosis and treatment. We also review the literature about this matter.