Double dumb-bell calculus in childhood

Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2009 Jul-Dec;6(2):122-3. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.54781.

Abstract

An eight-year old male was admitted with complaints of right scrotal swelling, dysuria and intermittent retention of urine for 10 days. On per-rectal examination, a hard mass was palpable in the posterior urethra. An X-ray (KUB) of the abdomen revealed a double dumb-bell calculus at the base of bladder, extending into the posterior urethra. A cystolithotomy via the suprapubic approach was successfully curative.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Dysuria
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / surgery*
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures / methods