Staghorn calculus presenting as sterile pyuria.

نویسندگان

  • D Rowen
  • C A Carne
  • C Sonnex
چکیده

Urinary tract calculi are relatively common and usually symptomatic. We describe a patient who had several very unusual features with regard to his urinary tract calculus disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Genitourinary medicine

دوره 68 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1992