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Giant intravesical calculus during pregnancy

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Urolithiasis is commonly found during pregnancy; but the presence of a giant vesical calculus during pregnancy is a very rare entity, associated with several potential obstetric complications. A 25-year-old primigravida at 25 weeks of gestational age was referred to our tertiary care unit because she presented a giant hyperechoic intravesical mass and inability to pass urine with suprapubic pain since 2 days. An open cystolithotomy revealed a huge intravesical calculus. The patient continued with her pregnancy until full term without adverse perinatal outcomes.

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  1. Urogynecology Department, Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia Isidro Espinoza de los Reyes, Montes Urales 800 Lomas Virreyes, Mexico City, CP 11000, Mexico

    Laura Escobar-del Barco, Silvia Rodriguez-Colorado, Omar Felipe Dueñas-Garcia & Juan Carlos Avilez-Cevasco

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Correspondence to Omar Felipe Dueñas-Garcia.

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Escobar-del Barco, L., Rodriguez-Colorado, S., Dueñas-Garcia, O.F. et al. Giant intravesical calculus during pregnancy. Int Urogynecol J 19, 1449–1451 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-008-0609-8

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