Abstract
Urinary tract stones come in all shapes and sizes. They may lie in the pelvis, calyces, ureter, bladder or urethra. Those in the ureter are usually spindle shaped. Some may resemble an ice-cream cone, with a dimple at the top suggesting the site of previous attachment to a renal papilla. In the bladder, they may be rounded and multiple when they form in a post-prostatic pouch, in older men. In children the stone may assume a jack stone appearance or become ovoid, depending on whether it is composed of oxalates or urates.
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Memon, A., Talati, J. (1997). Urolithiasis: Composition, symptomatology and pathology. In: Talati, J., Sutton, R.A.L., Moazam, F., Ahmed, M. (eds) The Management of Lithiasis. Developments in Nephrology, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5396-6_1
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