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  • Bipolar Transurethral Resec...
    Driscoll, Conor B.; Greenberg, Daniel R.; Sharifi, Roohollah; Cornfield, Joel

    JU Open Plus, 06/2023, Letnik: 1, Številka: 6
    Journal Article

    Fungal bezoar is a very rare clinical entity that usually results from fungemia because of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or immunosuppression. Most cases present in the upper urinary tract, but there have been less than 10 reported as presenting primarily in the bladder. Treatment is largely medical with antifungal therapies with no documented cases of concomitant bacterial colonization. Rarely, surgical intervention is warranted, but there are no documented surgical approaches with a bipolar cautery loop resectoscope. We present a case of a fungal bezoar of the bladder that was treated with transurethral resection. The presence of multidrug-resistant organisms resulted in postoperative sepsis controlled with intravesical and intravenous antibiotics and fluid resuscitation.