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We present the images of a 4-year-old male child with history of recurrent unexplained urinary tract infections which was found to be due to an ingested wooden foreign body which had perforated the small bowel into the posterior bladder wall. Such cases are very rare, usually due to domestic abuse or in patients with psychiatric illnesses. The adults usually report early but in children these cases go un-noticed. These patients may present with features of bowel obstruction, perforation, or hematochezia.1 as recurrent urinary tract infections seems to be the first case to be reported.
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PMID:Recurrent Unexplained Cystitis Due to an Ingested Foreign Body-An Extremely Rare Case. 3014 4