• Tulio M Graziottin, Daniel de Freitas G Soares, Carlos T Da Ros, Paulo R Sogari, Cláudio Telöken, and Paulo Roberto Laste.
• Department of Urology, Health Sciences Federal University at Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil Mãe de Deus Center Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil Department of Urology, Santa Cruz do Sul University (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil.
• J Sex Med. 2013 Oct 1;10(10):2590-2.

IntroductionA great variety of foreign bodies in the lower urinary tract have been described; many of them are self-inflicted by the patient with masturbatory purposes. Depending on the nature of the foreign body the diagnostic and management might be challenging.AimsWe report a case of an unusual magnetic self-inserted foreign body into the bladder for autoerotism and briefly discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic implications in this challenging situation.MethodsWe describe all the steps we have used to adequately diagnose the problem, describe the foreign body and treatments for the patient. Related articles were found by utilizing the PubMed database and are summarized in this study.Results  The management approach must be planned according to the nature of the foreign body and should minimize bladder and urethral trauma. However, most of cases can be managed endoscopically.ConclusionRemoval of magnetic foreign body may be quite challenging, requiring high-level surgical skills and minimally invasive techniques resulting in fast recovery and low complication rate.© 2012 International Society for Sexual Medicine.

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