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ArticleBMJ case reports2024

Vesical fungal bezoars on post-TURBT scar tissue causing obstruction and mimicking urothelial carcinoma.

Ioannis Tsikopoulos, Dimitrios Ioannis Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Anastasiou, Anastasios Karatzas

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ioannis TsikopoulosUrology Department, Surgical Division, Geniko Nosokomeio Larissas, Larissa, Thessalia, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-373X
Dimitrios Ioannis PapadopoulosUrology Department, Surgical Division, West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth, UK d.papadopoulos1@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7199-4477
Dimitrios AnastasiouUrology Department, Surgical Division, Geniko Nosokomeio Larissas, Larissa, Thessalia, Greece.
Anastasios KaratzasDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Panepistemiako Geniko Nosokomeio Larisas, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece.
University Hospital of Larissa · GRUniversity of Thessaly · GRWest Middlesex University Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fungal bezoars (fungal balls) are rarely reported in the upper or lower urinary tract. They can be the cause of severe morbidities such as urinary tract obstruction, renal failure and fungaemia. Hereby, we present a rare case of a male patient who underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT), and during his postoperative period, he was diagnosed with bladder fungal bezoars adherent to his resection area. The fungal bezoars were covering an extended area of the right lateral bladder wall, including the right ureteric orifice and causing right urinary tract obstruction. Those findings were manifested only after a relooked cystoscopy and histological evaluation.We aim to present a rare example of fungal bezoars mimicking other pathologies in the urinary tract and review the current literature for similar documentation. We underline the necessity of follow-up examinations for urologists performing TURBT surgeries, including urinalysis, imaging modalities and cystoscopy.

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BezoarsCarcinoma, Transitional CellUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsCicatrixHumansMaleUrinary BladderCancer interventionUrological surgery

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PMID38216163
PMCPMC10806887
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