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Urachal calculi: A case report and review of the literature

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A 59-year-old man presented with lower abdominal pain. Plain X-ray of the urinary tract revealed radio-opaque shadows in the suprapubic region. Cystogram and intravenous urography showed these shadows in relation to the anterior part of the bladder. On cystoscopy, a small opening leading to a sac was seen. This was excised and stones were retrieved. The histology of the excised mucosa confirmed inflamed urachus. Four years later the patient remains asymptomatic.

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Nargund, V.H., Donaldson, R.A. Urachal calculi: A case report and review of the literature. International Urology and Nephrology 26, 409–411 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768010

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