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Table 1 Characteristics of the small spherical foreign bodies in the genitourinary tract and their management

From: Small spherical foreign bodies in the genitourinary tract and their management

Case

Age

(Years)

Gender

Clinical

presentation

Duration

Location

X-Ray

DUS

Retrieval

method

Characteristics

Number of FBs

1

12.3

Male

Frequent and painful urination

4 days

Intravesical and urethral

High

density shadow

ND

LPV

Magnetic and metallic

38

2

12.4

Male

Abdominal pain

5 h

Intravesical

High

density shadow

ND

LPV

Magnetic and

metallic

31

3

16.7

Male

Urethral

pain and bleeding

3 h

Intravesical and urethral

High

density shadow

ND

LPV

Magnetic and

metallic

52

4

6.3

Female

Recurrent

vaginal discharge

and bleeding

8 months

Intravaginal

ND

NF

Vaginoscopy

Nonmagnetic and metallic

1

5

5.2

Female

Abdominal discomfort

24 h

Intravaginal

High density shadow

NF

Vaginoscopy

Nonmagnetic and plastic

1

6

5.7

Female

Abdominal discomfort

4 h

Intravaginal

High density shadow

NF

Vaginoscopy

Nonmagnetic and plastic

1

7

5.9

Female

Recurrent vaginal discharge and bleeding

1 year

Intravaginal

ND

NF

Vaginoscopy

Nonmagnetic and plastic

2

8

5.1

Female

Recurrent vaginal discharge

6 months

Intravaginal

NF

Abnorm-al echoes

Vaginoscopy

Nonmagnetic and plastic

1

9

6.3

Female

Recurrent vaginal discharge and bleeding

1 year

Intravaginal

ND

NF

Vaginoscopy

Nonmagnetic and plastic

1

10

16.8

Male

Recurrent gross hematuria

3 days

Intravesical

High density shadow

ND

LPV

Magnetic and metallic

10

  1. FB foreign body, ND not done, NF not found, DUS Doppler ultrasound, LPV the laparoscopic approach for intravesical surgery using pneumovesicum