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An Unusual Foreign Body in the Urinary Bladder Mimicking a Parasitic Worm
Schmitt, Bryan H., Feder, Marc, Rokke, Denise L., Moyer, Thomas P. , Pritt, Bobbi S. , Rokke, Denise, Pritt, Bobbi S
Journal of Clinical Microbiology | April 27, 2012 | Volume: 50 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 2520-2522
ABSTRACTWe report an unusual case of a foreign body removed from the urinary bladder of a 63-year-old male which mimicked a parasitic worm. The foreign body was identified as an artificial fishing worm by morphological comparison to a similar commercially produced product and by infrared spectrum analysis.