A rare foreign body into the male penile urethra

Authors

• Nurullah Gunay, Emergency Medicine Department, University of Gaziantep, School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
• Aysun B. Isir, Forensic Medicine Department, University of Gaziantep, School of Medicine, Gaziantep 27100, Turkey. Tel. +90 (532) 7014712. Fax. +90 (342) 3385000. E-mail: aybaransel{at}yahoo.com
• Cuma Yildirim, Emergency Medicine Department, University of Gaziantep, School of Medicine, Gaziantep
• Mert Akieke, Department of Urology Medicine, Kayseri Public Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey.

Abstract

A wide variety of urethral foreign bodies have been described in the literature. In adults, this is commonly caused by the insertion of objects used for masturbation, and is often associated with a mental disorder as in our case described herein. We report a 28-year-old man, hospitalized for self-insertion of a pen into the urethra. The pen was removed successfully by surgery.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

704

Last Page

706

Recommended Citation

Gunay, Nurullah; Isir, Aysun B.; Yildirim, Cuma; and Akieke, Mert (2006) "A rare foreign body into the male penile urethra," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 27: Iss. 5, Article 23.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.3432