[Intravesical foreign body caused arising from ureterostomy protective resin-gum].

OBJECTIVES

Bladder foreign bodies can arise from many factors and are iatrogenic in a high percentage. A case of intravesical foreign body from accumulated fragments of synthetic gum utilized to protect the ureterostomy is described. These problems can be avoided by correct management of the osteotomy and must therefore be emphasized to those responsible for the patient's care.

METHODS/RESULTS: A case of a 7-year-old patient with chronic nephropathy and a bilateral high-loop ureterostomy is described. The migration and subsequent condensation of small fragments of the material protecting the ureterostomy led to the formation of a foreign body which took the shape of the bladder. Treatment was by vesicostomy.

CONCLUSION

The possible complications arising from the passage of objects from outside into the urinary tract should always be taken into account in patients with an external urinary diversion.