title: Impacted calculus within a urethral stent: A rare cause of urinary retention.
abstract: An elderly male presented to the emergency department with acute urinary retention. He had poor flow of urine associated with serosanguinous discharge per urethra for 3 days duration. Earlier he underwent permanent metallic urethral stenting for post TURP bulbar urethral stricture. Plain X-ray of Pelvis showed an impacted calculus within the urethral stent in bulbar urethra. Urethrolitholapaxy was done with semirigid ureteroscope. Urethral stent was patent and well covered. Subsequently he had an uneventful recovery. We describe a unique case of acute urinary retention due to calculus impaction within a urethral stent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Shanmugasundaram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajaian
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gopalakrishnan
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Nitin S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kekre