DESCRIPTION Urethral calculi could be either classified as either primary or secondary calculi based on their origin. Primary calculi form in the urethra, whereas secondary calculi have their origin elsewhere in the urinary tract. True primary calculi are rare and they mostly form in prostatic and membranous part of urethra. 3 Secondary urethral calculi most commonly form in the bladder. Bladde...

A wide variety of calcifications may develop in the urinary tract. Calculi, the most common form of urinary tract calcification, are usually radiopaque due to their calcium content, whereas cystine stones tend to be less opaque. In cortical nephrocalcinosis, calcification may be spotty or may appear as a thin rim outlining the cortex. Intracystic calcification is usually thin and peripheral and...

Presence of multiple calculi in ureterocele is rare in children. A 6-year-old boy presented with hematuria in whom on x-ray and ultrasound multiple calculi were noted in the urinary bladder. At surgery a ureterocele containing multiple calculi was found. The postoperative (99m) Tc-Dimercaptosuccinic acid scan (DMSA) reported normal renal function.

Urolithiasis is the term used to denote the formation of urinary calculi in animals including disease conditions that arise as a direct result. The terms urinary calculus and urolith on the other hand apply only to the actual calculi or uroliths formed in urolithiasis. In cattle, urinary calculi present in the bladder, on occasions enter and obstruct the urethra. This is the common form of obst...

OBJECTIVE Urinary lithiasis affects between five and 10% of the human population during their lifetime, only 2-3% of whom are children. Therapy of urolithiasis in the pediatric age group with minimally invasive methodology represents an attractive alternative. This study presents results of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, a minimally invasive methodology, for the treatment of urinary lith...

To the Editor of "The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?Lieut.-Colonel Vivian B. Bennett, in his important article 011 the treatment of vesical calculus which appeared in last November's issue of this Gazette, wrote : " In the Indian Medical Gazette of last June, Keegan has written a paper objecting strongly to the Suprapubic Operation." If Liieut.-Colonel Bennett will peruse my paper he will find ...

It is, or should be, the ambition of every surgeon who is called to treat cases of vesical calculus, to reduce the number of cutting operations to a minimum. Especially is this true as regards young children, and anything which will tend to facilitate the rapid as well as save evacuation of debris from the bladder after lithotrity, will help to render litholapaxy the routine operation even to t...

introduction bladder stone is the most common form of lower urinary tract stones and constitutes 5% of all urinary tract stones. the giant bladder stones are very rare and our report was the first one in iran and in the world. case presentation the patient was a 35-year-old man who was referred to our urology clinic with the lower urinary tract symptoms. irritative symptoms were dominant withou...

We report an unusual case of a 78-year-old Caucasian female, who presented with peritoneal carcinomatosis and hypercalcemia, and was found to have a rapidly progressive primary squamous cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder. Squamous cell bladder carcinoma is a rare malignancy in the United States, accounting for just 1-3% of bladder tumors. Interestingly our patient lacked the established risk...