Giant Urinary Bladder Stone Formed Around a Pin in a Young Sudanese Girl: A Case Report and Literature Review

Mutasim Abdallah Elobaid Makkawi, Wlaedeen Ibraheem Ebaid Babikir and Mohammed Medani Elhag

1Department of Surgery, West Kordufan University, Sudan
2Department of Surgery and orthopedics, Gezera University, Sudan

^*Correspondance to: Mutasim Abdallah Elobaid Makkawi 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2436

Abstract

Bladder Stones “BS” can be formed for many reasons; one of them is being secondary to a foreign body. Reporting and publishing issues about stones formed around different kinds of foreign bodies in the bladder are increasing. We present a case of an unusual giant urinary BS formed around foreign body (pin) in a 14-year girl. The entrance mechanism was unknown as informed by the patient and her parents. Based on the chronic symptoms of lower urinary tract described by the patient, urinalysis and ultrasonography were requested in addition to kidney, ureter and bladder plain X-ray “KUB”. Then diagnosis of giant BS with pin inside was established. The stone and the attached pin were removed through open surgery without complications. Still foreign body acting as nidus for giant vesical stone is an expected scenario. Knowing mechanism of entrance is important in preventing occurrence, however, this mechanism remains obscured in some patients, so this necessitates more search concentrating on identifying the motive for insertion, conditions and events that leads to entrance of different foreign bodies in urinary bladder in order to minimize the rate of occurrence of such condition.

Keywords

Giant bladder stone; Pin; Girl; Sudan

Cite the article

Makkawi MAE, Babikir WIE, Elhag MM. Giant Urinary Bladder Stone Formed Around a Pin in a Young Sudanese Girl: A Case Report and Literature Review. Clin Surg. 2019; 4: 2436.