Korean Journal of Radiology

The Korean Society of Radiology (대한영상의학회)
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Characteristic Plain Radiographic and Intravenous Urographic Findings of Bladder Calculi Formed over a Hair Nidus: A Case Report

  • Hak Jong Lee (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, The Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, and the Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Seung Hyup Kim (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, The Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, and the Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital)
  • Received : 2000.10.21
  • Accepted : 2001.01.07
  • Published : 2001.03.31
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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.

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