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Giant ureteral stone associated with partial ureteral duplication

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We are presenting a 36-year-old male patientwith right flank pain and a history ofrecurrent urinary tract infection for threeyears. Radiographic intervention revealed aright partial ureteral duplication with a giantstone in size 9.6 cm in the ureteral limbdraining the non-functioning upper pole of theright kidney. Open ureterolithotomy and partialnephroureterectomy was performed by a rightflank incision. The presence of a ureteralpartial duplication created a ``yo-yophenomenon'', which interfered with stonepassage to the bladder and may cause such giantureteral stone.

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  1. Urology Clinic, SSK Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Muzaffer Eroglu, Ali Unsal (Assistant Professor in Urology) & Ersin Cimentepe

  2. Department of Urology, Fatih University, School of Medicine, Ciftlik Cd. No: 57, 06510, Emek, Ankara, Turkey; Phone

    Hasan Bakırtas

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Eroglu, M., Unsal, A., Cimentepe, E. et al. Giant ureteral stone associated with partial ureteral duplication. Int Urol Nephrol 35, 485–487 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000025626.06115.e3

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