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Milk of Calcium Cyst Mimicking Renal Calculi: a Case Report

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A milk of calcium cyst mimicking renal stone in a 51-year-old man was presented to remind the possibility of milk of calcium when a well-defined round density was observed on the renal shadow of the plain abdomen film and the importance of graphics or CT scans taken in different positions to see the changes in the calcium gravidation to prevent unnecessary surgical interventions due to misdiagnosis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey

    Safiye Gürel & Kamil Gürel

  2. Clinics of Urology, Abant İzzet Baysal University School of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey

    Ahmet Metin & Atilla Semerciöz

  3. Bağlar Cad. Üzümcü Sk 2/5, Seyranbağları, Ankara, Turkey

    Ahmet Metin

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Gürel, S., Metin, A., Gürel, K. et al. Milk of Calcium Cyst Mimicking Renal Calculi: a Case Report. Int Urol Nephrol 39, 357–360 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-006-9004-x

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