Self-Inflicted Intravesical Bobby Pin in a 6 Years Old Boy

Abstract

Self-inflicted intravesical foreign body is a rare condition in childhood. It is more common in adult patients. Foreign bodies in the bladder can be detected for autoerotic, psychiatric, therapeutic or unclear reasons. In this case, a 6-year-old boy had treatment resistant recurrent urinary tract infection. An opaque body was detected in the pelvic location in the direct urinary system X-ray. An intravesical localized bobby pin was detected on the abdominal ultrasonography. The patient had no previous history of surgical intervention. No additional feature was detected in the physical examination of the patient. There was recurrent urinary tract infection. Infections were resistant to treatment. In the radiological imaging, a bobby pin (wire clip) located in the bladder was detected. It was visualized and removed with cystoscopy.