Staghorn calculus (kidney)
Diagnosis certain
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Presentation
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Bilateral flank pain more, worse on the left side and hematuria. Haematuria.
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Stag-hornStaghorn or coral renal calculus ( coral calculus ) is a large renal stone filling the pelvis and more than one calyx, more prevalent. They are often associated with urine tract anomaly and recurrent UTI.
Stag-horn calculus needs to be removed surgically by PNCL ( First line treatment is usually percutaneous nephrolithotomy ) as first choise for most of patients based on the American Urological Association Guideline on the Management of Staghorn Calculi.
-<p>Stag-horn renal calculus ( coral calculus ) is a large renal stone filling the pelvis and more than one calyx, more prevalent with urine tract anomaly and recurrent UTI.</p><p>Stag-horn calculus needs to be removed surgically by PNCL ( percutaneous nephrolithotomy ) as first choise for most of patients based on the American Urological Association Guideline on the Management of Staghorn Calculi.</p>- +<p>Staghorn or coral renal calculus is a large renal stone filling the pelvis and more than one calyx. They are often associated with urine tract anomaly and recurrent UTI.</p><p>First line treatment is usually <a title="Percutaneous nephrolithotomy" href="/articles/percutaneous-nephrolithotomy">percutaneous nephrolithotomy</a>.</p>
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- The American Urological Association
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Findings
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There is well defined branching radio-opaque ( calcific )densitydensity superimposed over the renal pelvis and calyces of the left kidney.
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