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An unusual foreign body in the urinary bladder mimicking a parasitic worm.

Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Journal of clinical microbiology (impact factor: 4.16). 04/2012; 50(7):2520-2. DOI:10.1128/JCM.00532-12 pp.2520-2
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT We 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.

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Keywords

63-year-old male
 
artificial fishing worm
 
foreign body
 
infrared spectrum analysis
 
unusual case