[Bladder megalithiasis].
OBJECTIVE
To present a case of giant calculus of the bladder.


RESULTS
Herein we describe a case of a giant calculus of the bladder in a 72-year-old patient with almost twenty years' evolution without urological control and with symptoms of prostatic disease. Surgery disclosed a giant calculus of 12 x 9 cm weighing approximately 1 kg adhered to the bladder mucosa.


CONCLUSIONS
Although the number of cases have dropped in our setting due to the technological advancements and availability of health services, giant calculus of the bladder is not an insignificant or rarely diagnosed condition.
Ortega Garrido
J C
JC
Centro de Especialidades San José Obrero, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, España. jcarlos_ortega@fremap.es
Ayllón Cañones
J M
JM
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000473:pathology*