Largest ureteric stone in Iraq

Ureteric stone disease is increasing, especially in developed countries, and present in different ages with various patterns; it has many treatment modalities and outcomes. Ureteric stones are usually small and symptomatic but maybe large, asymptomatic associates with totally distracted kidneys. How...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aso Omer Rashid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020302084
id doaj-17372be9cd8d40e4b048bb2b13c1b796
record_format Article
spelling doaj-17372be9cd8d40e4b048bb2b13c1b7962020-11-25T03:55:40ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202020-11-0133101319Largest ureteric stone in IraqAso Omer Rashid0Medical College, Sulaimany University, Sulaiman, Iraq; Dept. of Urology, Sulaimany University Hospital, Sulaimany, Iraq; Medical College, Sulaimany University, Sulaiman, IraqUreteric stone disease is increasing, especially in developed countries, and present in different ages with various patterns; it has many treatment modalities and outcomes. Ureteric stones are usually small and symptomatic but maybe large, asymptomatic associates with totally distracted kidneys. However, some ureteral calculi show silent progression to reach a large size without underlying anatomic abnormalities. These stones are called giant ureteral stones and seen extremely rare. In this study, we report a case of large ureteral stones with 13 cm length on the right side with atrophy of the right kidney.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020302084LargeUreteric stoneUreterolithotomyAtrophic kidney
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Aso Omer Rashid
spellingShingle Aso Omer Rashid
Largest ureteric stone in Iraq
Urology Case Reports
Large
Ureteric stone
Ureterolithotomy
Atrophic kidney
author_facet Aso Omer Rashid
author_sort Aso Omer Rashid
title Largest ureteric stone in Iraq
title_short Largest ureteric stone in Iraq
title_full Largest ureteric stone in Iraq
title_fullStr Largest ureteric stone in Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Largest ureteric stone in Iraq
title_sort largest ureteric stone in iraq
publisher Elsevier
series Urology Case Reports
issn 2214-4420
publishDate 2020-11-01
description Ureteric stone disease is increasing, especially in developed countries, and present in different ages with various patterns; it has many treatment modalities and outcomes. Ureteric stones are usually small and symptomatic but maybe large, asymptomatic associates with totally distracted kidneys. However, some ureteral calculi show silent progression to reach a large size without underlying anatomic abnormalities. These stones are called giant ureteral stones and seen extremely rare. In this study, we report a case of large ureteral stones with 13 cm length on the right side with atrophy of the right kidney.
topic Large
Ureteric stone
Ureterolithotomy
Atrophic kidney
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020302084
work_keys_str_mv AT asoomerrashid largesturetericstoneiniraq
_version_ 1724468848029073408