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A huge bladder cystine stone

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An unusual cystine stone that occur only inpatients, who have cystinuria is presented in 24-year-old man. Radiographs showed a giantbladder stone shadow, 8.0 × 10.0 × 5.0 cm insize. The literature was reviewed to identify thegiant stones as well as the huge cystine stonewhich is exceptional yet as.

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  1. Ministry of Health, Ankara Training Hospital, Second Urology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey

    Mesut Gürdal, Ali Ayyıldız, Emre Huri, Hüseyin Kanberoğlu & M. İhsan Karaman

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Gürdal, M., Ayyıldız, A., Huri, E. et al. A huge bladder cystine stone. Int Urol Nephrol 35, 497–499 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:UROL.0000025632.69605.31

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