Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of urethral calculus in emergency department
JOURNAL OF ACUTE DISEASE, vol.5, no.5, pp.437-438, 2016 (ESCI)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 5 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.joad.2016.08.014
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ACUTE DISEASE
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.437-438
- Keywords: Urethral calculus, Bedside ultrasound, Emergency department, Sonourethrography, SONOURETHROGRAPHY, STRICTURES, MANAGEMENT
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
A 22-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with penile pain and acute urinary retention. The patient had a tender and painful mass along the distal volar surface of the penis, 5 cm away from the external urethral meatus. Bedside ultrasound was performed in the emergency department. Revealing penile urethral calculus in the emergency department with bedside sonography allowed a prompt diagnosis for the patient without additional invasion or radiation exposing diagnostic modalities such as Xray, CT or retrograde urethrography.