title: Giant urethral calculus in a 6-year-old girl.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, San Carlos University Hospital, Martin Lagos s/n, Madrid 28040, Spain. fernando.rivilla@educa.madrid.org
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivilla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Llanos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruiz
mesh_terms: 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