Giant obstructing calculus in the distal ureter secondary to obstruction by a ureterocele.
A 43-year-old man presented with bilateral simple ureteroceles complicated by calculi. A huge left ureteral calculus subsequently developed, causing nonfunctioning of the left kidney. This is apparently the largest calculus associated with an orthotopic ureterocele ever reported in the literature. Its cause, diagnosis, and treatment are discussed.
Department of Urology, Edith Wolfson Hospital, Holon, Israel.
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Golomb
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Korczak
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Lindner
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*