title: Giant kidney stone: multi-session percutaneous nephrolithotomy with 12 accesses.
abstract: We report a case of a 37-year-old man with a body mass index of 28 kg/m(2) who presented to our outpatient clinic with intermittent left flank pain. Non-contrast abdominopelvic computed tomography revealed a giant coralliform calculus in the left kidney. This giant kidney stone was successfully treated with 3 sessions of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) with a total 12 accesses. There was no significant reduction in the split function of the kidney after PNL.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Urology, Dr. Munif İslamoğlu State, Hospital, Kastamonu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Akif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erbin
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Urology, Bağcılar, Traning and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yürük
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Urology, Bağcılar, Traning and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Binbay
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Urology, Bağcılar, Traning and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Yaser
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Müslümanoğlu
keywords: Coralliform calculi; kidney; percutaneous nephrolithotomy