Strange Medical Discoveries: The Bladder Stone Case

This xray is reminiscent though far less impressive than a bladder stone I saw back in the early eighties. The delighted doctor was walking down a hospital corridor carrying a bisected bladder stone he’d just removed from a psychiatric patient. Clearly visible dead center of the stone was a rusty sewing needle. The psych hospital had sent the patient over when he’d developed urinary incontinence due to the stone totally filling the bladder, leaving only enough room for constant leakage. I think your imagination can fill you in on how the needle got there.

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