Urologie médicale et chirurgicale
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Self-Inflicted Foreign Bodies around the Male Genitalia

Mohamed FI, Ibrahim YF and Ibrahim SF

A great variety of self-inflicted foreign bodies have been removed from the lower urinary tract and male external genitalia. These foreign bodies were inserted or applied for autoerotic, psychiatric, therapeutic, or no definite reasons by the patient. Most patients present when complications had occurred from the foreign body such as difficulty in passing urine, haematuria, extravasations, pain or swelling of the external genitalia and abscess formation.

Three young patients who applied metallic foreign bodies around their genitals will be presented. The symptoms, findings and surgical management will be presented.