Bladder stone secondary to migration of an acupuncture needle

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  • 迷入した鍼灸針による膀胱結石の1例
  • メイニュウシタ シンキュウバリ ニ ヨル ボウコウ ケッセキ ノ 1レイ

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Abstract

A 61-year-old man who had been suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) for ten years visited our hospital complaining of dysuria and bladder pain. Abdominal X-ray showed a 2 cm calculus containing a needle-like shadow in the pelvis. Transurethral lithotripsy and trunsurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) were done. The calculus was a brown club-shaped bladder stone with the core being a 2 cm needle one side of which was broken. It was supposed to be an acupuncture needle that was retained in his back twenty years ago. This is the first case of a bladder stone secondary to migration of an acupuncture needle.

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  • Hinyokika Kiyo

    Hinyokika Kiyo 54 (5), 365-367, 2008-05

    泌尿器科紀要刊行会

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