title: A 1,500-year-old bladder stone.
abstract: A calcium oxalate calculus was found in the anatomically normal bladder of a 1,500-year-old native American male mummy from the Northeastern Arizona Basketmaker cultural group. Results of analysis by chemical, optical, spectrographic and x-ray diffraction methods are listed and compared to several other reported prehistoric uroliths.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001130:Arizona; D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000032:analysis; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010164:Paleopathology; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002129:Calcium Oxalate