title: Successful management of a large xanthine calculus by percutaneous nephrolithotomy after failed SWL in a 5-year-old boy.
abstract: A 5-year-old child with a xanthine calculus resistant to SWL was made stone free by percutaneous ultrasonic lithotripsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Children's Hospital, 35233, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Peréz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Netto
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D011859:Radiography; D011866:Radioisotope Renography; D019233:Retreatment; D019820:Xanthine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019820:Xanthine