title: [Giant urethral lithiasis].
abstract: We report on a 46-year-old male with a giant calculus of the anterior urethra. The etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of this condition are discussed. Similar features have been described in one case of giant intradiverticular calculus reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Francisco de Borja, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Calatrava Gadea
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez Franco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lapuerta Torres
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández Rodríguez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz Calleja
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014521:Urethra; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Litiasis gigante de uretra.