Leech, wire and urethra.

Reach the Leech: An Unusual Cause of Hematuria.

Leeches are found in fresh water as well as moist marshy tropical areas. Orifical Hirudiniasis is the presence of leech in natural human orifices. Leech have been reported in nose, oropharynx, vagina, rectum and bladder but leech per urethra is very rare. We report a case of leech in urethra causing hematuria and bleeding disorder in the form of epistaxis and impaired clotting profile after use...

A Leech in the Male Urethra

By MON MOHAN GHOSH, l.b.di\ Medical Officer In-Charge, Kamalganj Dispensary, Sylhet Soabulla, aged 35 years, came to this dispensary on 10th November, .1932, and gave the following history :? When washing jute in a pool of water he felt a pricking sensation in his penis. He came out of the water and was frightened to see that a big leech was entering his urinary canal. The leech entered the can...

A Case of Hirudiniasis of the Male Urethra

Electrical wire as a foreign body in a male urethra: a case report

INTRODUCTION Self-inflicted foreign bodies in the male urethra and urinary bladder are an emergency that urologists may rarely have to face. A case of an electrical wire inserted in the male urethra and coiled in the bladder is presented. CASE PRESENTATION A 53-year-old male presented with the inability to void and bloody urethral discharge after having introduced an electrical wire in his ur...

Use of Flexible Cystoscopy to Insert a Foley Catheter over a Guide Wire in Spinal Cord Injury Patients: Special Precautions to be Observed

When urethral catheterisation is difficult or impossible in spinal cord injury patients, flexible cystoscopy and urethral catheterisation over a guide wire can be performed on the bedside, thus obviating the need for emergency suprapubic cystostomy. Spinal cord injury patients, who undergo flexible cystoscopy and urethral catheterisation over a guide wire, may develop potentially serious compli...