Open AccessInfravesical obstruction results as giant bladder calculi
Author(s) -
Özgü Aydoğdu,
Onur Telli,
Berk Burgu,
Yaşar Bedük
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.680
Subject(s) - bladder stone , medicine , urination , radiography , lower abdominal pain , surgery , plain radiography , anatomy , urinary system
A 48-year-old man was hospitalized with the chief complaints oflower abdominal pain, pain during micturation and pollakuria.Plain radiography showed 2 giant bladder stone shadows: one as6.0 × 5.0 cm and the other one 5.0 × 5.0 cm in size. Cystolithotomywas performed. The first stone weighed 400 g and measured6.0 × 5.0 × 6.0 cm in size, and the other stone was fragmented tosmaller particles with pneumatic lithotriptor. Although a bladderstone is not rare, this case is interesting for 2 huge bladder calculithat were completely obstructing the bladder outlet and observedseveral years following pelvic trauma. To the best of our knowledge,our patient represents one of the largest bladder stone casesreported to date.