Abstract
Background: There were 800 individual case reports of urogenital foreign bodies in the English literature from 1755 to 1999. The use of urogenital foreign bodies for sexual pleasure is a common occurrence in today’s population. The aim of this discussion is the management of scrotal injury caused by magnetic urogenital foreign bodies. Case Presentation: 56-year-old male with scrotal tissue entrapped between two opposed magnet rings. Self-reported attempts at removal were unsuccessful and caused for presentation to the emergency department. Additional attempts at removal by medical staff unsuccessful in emergency department and therefore the patient proceeded to the operating room. Intraoperatively the use of two cardiac magnets allowed for removal without a need for invasive surgical procedure. Conclusion: Cardiac magnets are preferred means of removal for entrapped skin between magnetic foreign bodies that could be utilized at the bedside.
Highlights
The use of foreign bodies, for erotic/sexual pleasure in the adult population, is not uncommon
The use of urogenital foreign bodies for sexual pleasure is a common occurrence in today’s population. The aim of this discussion is the management of scrotal injury caused by magnetic urogenital foreign bodies
Cardiac magnets are preferred means of removal for entrapped skin between magnetic foreign bodies that could be utilized at the bedside
Summary
The use of foreign bodies, for erotic/sexual pleasure in the adult population, is not uncommon. The foreign objects used for sexual pleasure come invariable shapes and sizes, and are utilized in different ways. There were 800 individual case reports of urogenital foreign bodies in the English literature from 1755 to 1999 [1]. Use of magnets for sexual enhancement presents unique situa-. Magnetic foreign bodies have been well described in the literature, in the pediatric literature with ingestion and subsequent complications [2] [3] [4] [5]. There are very few similar reports regarding magnetic urogenital foreign bodies. This case report highlights a novel technique for removal of magnetic urogenital foreign bodies without the need for invasive surgical procedures as previously described in other case reports [6] [7] [8]
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