Open AccessBedside ultrasound diagnosis of urethral calculus in emergency department
Author(s) -
Umut Cengiz Çakır,
Özlem Yiğit,
Mustafa Keşaplı,
Volkan Celebi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of acute disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-5516
pISSN - 2221-6189
DOI - 10.1016/j.joad.2016.08.014
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , penis , ultrasound , surgery , radiology , psychiatry
A 22-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with penile pain and acute urinary retention. The patient had a tender and painful mass along the distal volar surface of the penis, 5 cm away from the external urethral meatus. Bedside ultrasound was performed in the emergency department. Revealing penile urethral calculus in the emergency department with bedside sonography allowed a prompt diagnosis for the patient without additional invasion or radiation exposing diagnostic modalities such as X-ray, CT or retrograde urethrography