title: Acute urinary retention in women due to urethral calculi: A rare case.
abstract: We present a case of a 51-year-old woman with acute urinary retention caused by a urethral calculus. Urethral calculi in women are extremely rare and are usually formed in association with underlying genitourinary pathology. In this case, however, no pathology was detected via thorough urological evaluation. We discuss the pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment of urethral calculi. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of a primary urethral calculus in a female with an anatomically normal urinary tract and the first in a middle-aged Caucasian female.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stepping Hill Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Rafal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turo
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stepping Hill Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smolski
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stepping Hill Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Magda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kujawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stepping Hill Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Stephen C W
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stepping Hill Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brough
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stepping Hill Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gerald N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Collins