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Endoscopic view of the "hair ball" before lasertripsy.
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Endoscopy confirmed the hair nidus in the bladder (Fig. 1).
Extracted fragments after lasertripsy.
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Gross examination of the evacuated fragments confirmed the hypothesis of a trichobezoar in the bladder and the sample was sent for microscopic evaluation (Figs. 2 and 3A).
(A) Microscopic appearance of hair shaft with amorphous material (HE, 10 x ). (B) Benign prostatic hyperplasia and atrophic prostatic ducts with surrounding sclerosis and chronic inflammation (HE, 4 x ). HE, hematoxylin and eosin.
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Gross examination of the evacuated fragments confirmed the hypothesis of a trichobezoar in the bladder and the sample was sent for microscopic evaluation (Figs. 2 and 3A). The histopathology examination confirmed a benign prostatic hyperplasia with chronic inflammation (Fig. 3B).