title: Uric acid bladder stone associated with a foreign body.
abstract: A uric acid bladder stone is described. This stone was unusual in that it had formed on a foreign body, namely surgical suture material. This phenomenon does not appear to have been described previously.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013537:Sutures; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid