1/3. Giant prostatic urethral calculus associated with urethrocutaneous fistula.Urethral stones in men are rare clinical entity and most of them migrate from the urinary bladder. Urethral stones are rarely formed primarily in the urethra and are usually associated with urethral strictures or diverticula. We report a 41-year-old man with giant prostatic urethral stone (5.9x3.2x2.8 cm) associated with a urethrocutaneous fistula. The etiological factors, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, complications and management of giant urethral calculi are reviewed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = calculus (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/3. Migration of a ureteric calculus to the bladder via a ureterocolic and a vesicocolic fistula.Following a difficult nephrectomy for pyonephrosis, two large calculi in the left pelvic ureter were not removed. The upper of these two calculi finally found its way into the bladder after ulcerating into the sigmoid colon and thence into the bladder. The calculi and the residual ureter were removed and the fistulae closed, with a successful outcome.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = calculus (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/3. pregnancy complicated by vesical calculus and vesicocutaneous fistula.Bladder stones are a rare complication of pregnancy, with only 10 cases reported this century. This patient required a cesarean section for obstructed labor resulting from a 7 cm stone. cystotomy with removal of the stone was performed with subsequent development of a vesicocutaneous fistula.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = calculus (Clic here for more details about this article) |