42M presented to ED a week after winning "not enough" money | Figure 1

phlowtey

Registered Nurse

42M presented to ED a week after winning "not enough" money in a drunken bet that he wouldn't push an "audio cable" into his penis. Cable coiled and knotted in his bladder and couldn't be removed. Sent to OR for removal.

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