Multiple Giant Stones in an Augmented Bladder: A Case Report
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Bladder stones are a common finding in urology practice although they are less common when compared to kidney and ureteral stones. This case report involves a male patient in his 40s with multiple giant bladder stones. The patient had neurogenic bladder disease due to spina bifida and had a history of bladder augmentation with continent urinary diversion when he was a child. He presented with difficulty in emptying bladder with clean intermittent catheterization. Open cystolithotomy was performed and six giant stones, five pyramid-shaped stones and a cube-shaped stone with a maximum diameter of 7 cm, were removed from the bladder. In our opinion, the rare occurrence of a high stone burden, stone weight and size, and geometric shapes of stones makes this case interesting. The patient was discharged from the hospital on the 10th day after the surgery and there were no postoperative complications.
Source: Cureus
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.81430
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408962154