Giant urethral calculus in a 6-year-old girl.
Urinary stones are rarely seen in the urethra and are usually encountered in men with urethral stricture or diverticulum. Primary urethral calculi are extremely infrequent in females. We describe a case of a giant urethral stone impacted in a 6-year-old girl.
Rivilla
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, San Carlos University Hospital, Martin Lagos s/n, Madrid 28040, Spain. fernando.rivilla@educa.madrid.org
Luis
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Llanos
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Ruiz
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014521:Urethra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography