Bladder calculus

Case contributed by Tariq Walizai
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Lower abdominal dull pain with recurrent urinary tract infection for a few months.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
ct

An oval-shaped, radiodense calculus is seen in the dependent part of the urinary bladder, however wall thickness is within normal limits.

Another small radiodense calculus is seen in the distal-most, right-sided ureter, however, no definite hydro-ureter or hydronephrosis is seen.

The rest of the imaged viscera appear unremarkable.

Case Discussion

CT features are of vesicle calculus along with right-sided ureteric calculus as described above.

Co-contributor: Dr. Anwar-ul-Haq Zadran.

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