Spiculated Bladder Calculi : The Culprit for Repeated Catheter Failure

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We report on the case of a frustrated 90-year-old gentleman who was seen in the Accident and Emergency department for the third time in four days with failure of his long-term urethral catheter.

He reported that the catheter simply “fell out” with the balloon deflated.

On each occasion previously, the catheter had been reinserted in A&E and the patient discharged home.

These repeated visits to A&E were understandably a source of much frustration for the patient and his family.

On the third presentation, plain abdominal radiography demonstrated a large spiculated bladder calculus.