Frier Jacob, Nicholas Elizabeth, Klawitter Paul
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Syracuse, New York.
Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2021 Feb;5(1):39-42. doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2020.10.49290.
When patients present to the emergency department with retained urethral foreign objects, imaging is crucial for identifying and further describing the object(s). Imaging is also important to plan the management and to assess the potential complications of foreign object removal. Ultrasonography is sometimes used for this purpose and can often provide more information on the object and its location and characteristics than plain radiographs.
This case report discusses the identification and characterization of a retained urethral foreign object that was not seen on plain radiography.
While ultrasonography has its own limitations, in the cases of retained foreign objects, it can provide preferable imaging and can help guide the management of these patients.
当患者因尿道内遗留异物前往急诊科就诊时，影像学检查对于识别并进一步描述异物至关重要。影像学检查对于规划治疗方案以及评估取出异物的潜在并发症也很重要。超声检查有时用于此目的，并且与普通X线片相比，通常能够提供更多关于异物及其位置和特征的信息。
本病例报告讨论了一例在普通X线片上未显影的尿道内遗留异物的识别和特征。
虽然超声检查有其自身局限性，但在异物残留的病例中，它能够提供更好的影像学检查结果，并有助于指导这些患者的治疗。
