Foreign Body Stones in the Urinary Bladder of Two Children
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Case Report

Foreign Body Stones in the Urinary Bladder of Two Children

Gazi Med J 2018;29(4):380-382 DOI: 10.12996/gmj.2018.105
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Abstract

Bladder calculi rarelyseen in children and are usually a manifestation of an underlying pathologic condition of the lower urinary tract, metabolic disease, voiding dysfunction, urinary infection, obstruction, or foreign body retention. However, a forgotten double j stent and a ruptured Foley balloon-induced bladder stone are an unusual complication for children. We report two case of bladder stone induced by a fragment of a ruptured Foley balloon and forgotten double j stent . The bladder stone and balloon fragment and stent were successfully removed by cystoscopy by using a holmium:yttrium– aluminum-garnet (Ho-YAG) laser lithotripter

Keywords: Bladder stone, foreign body, Ho-YAG laser lithotripter