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Abdominal x-ray showing foreign bodies in the renal area.
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Reconstructed CT image showing foreign bodies in the right kidney.
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Retrograde pyelogram image showing foreign bodies in the right renal pelvis.
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The patient was later subjected to cystoscopy with right retrograde pyelogram (RGP) which showed two metallic objects in the right renal pelvis partially encroaching into the adjacent parenchyma (Figure 3).
The extracted foreign bodies.
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All the three foreign bodies were removed in toto and a nephrostomy was placed which was removed on the second postoperative day (Figure 4).