We present a case of a 28-year-old male who presented with complaints of continous urinary incontinence and a lower abdominal lump over a few months. The X-ray KUB showed a large radio-opaque shadow occupying the entire urinary bladder, suggestive of a calculus. A suprapubic cystolithotomy was done. The calculus weighed 1064 grams and had a size of 13.2 cms x 10 cms x 9 cms. Giant bladder stones are an extreme rarity these days. This, we believe, is the largest bladder stone in terms of volume and weight reported in recent times.
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Sanjay Kolte, Chandrashekhar Mahakalkar, and Rucha Jajoo Are you the author?
Reference:
UroToday Int J. 2011 Oct;4(5)
doi: 10.3834/uij.1944-5784.2011.10
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