Characteristic Plain Radiographic and Intravenous Urographic Findings of Bladder Calculi Formed over a Hair Nidus: A Case Report .
- Author:
Hak Jong LEE
1
;
Seung Hyup KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Urolithiasis; Bladder stone; Hair; Radiography
- MeSH: Aged; Bladder Calculi/*radiography; Case Report; Hair; Human; Male; Quadriplegia/complications; Urography
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2001;2(1):61-62
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We present the characteristic plain radiographic and intravenous urographic (IVU) findings of calculus formed over a hair. A 66-year-old man who had been quadriplegic for 40 years because of vertebral injury was admitted for further evaluation of frequent urinary tract infection. Plain radiography showed a linear, serpiginous calcification in the lower abdomen, and IVU revealed a round filling defect with linear radiopacity in the bladder, suggesting calculus. The gross appearance of the stone after extraction demonstrated that calcification had formed over a hair.
