Open AccessAn Unusual Foreign Body in the Urinary Bladder Mimicking a Parasitic Worm
Author(s) -
Bryan H. Schmitt,
Marc Feder,
Denise L. Rokke,
Thomas P. Moyer,
Bobbi S. Pritt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00532-12
Subject(s) - foreign body , urinary bladder , urinary system , foreign bodies , biology , anatomy , medicine , surgery
We report an unusual case of a foreign body removed from the urinary bladder of a 63-year-old male which mimicked a parasitic worm. The foreign body was identified as an artificial fishing worm by morphological comparison to a similar commercially produced product and by infrared spectrum analysis.
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