Cobra-Head Stone in Single-System Ureterocele
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Iran J Med Sci March 2017; Vol 42 No 2 221 Dear Editor, A 46-year-old woman presented to the Urology Clinic, Department of Urology, Hitit University Çorum Training and Research Hospital, Çorum, Turkey, with right-flank pain of 4 months’ duration. The patient’s medical history was unremarkable. Plain radiography of the kidney, ureter, and bladder demonstrated ureteral stones in the right distal location (figure 1). Intravenous urography showed ureteral stones with the characteristic appearance of a cobra head (figure 2). Computed tomography confirmed the distal ureteral stones, 5 and 11 mm in size (figure 3). The patient was treated with endoscopic ureterocele Cobra-Head Stone in Single-System Ureterocele Photo Clinic
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