title: A pica case confused with renal and bladder stones.
abstract: Pica is considered as an eating-nutritional disorder in childhood and is generally analysed within obsessive-compulsive disorders. A 15-year-old female patient was admitted to the urology clinic with nausea, vomiting, and stomach-ache. A 23 x 23 mm opacity was identified in left T-11-12 level in direct urinary graph. Full abdomen ultrasonography was reported to be normal. Later, it was learned that the patient had the habit of eating stone. The patient was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder following psychiatric consultation, and appropriate treatment was given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey. mehmetgulum@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulum
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yeni
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savas
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kati
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010842:Pica / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis