{"title":"Jackstone Calculus: A Rare Subtype of Urinary Stone with a Sea-Urchin Appearance","authors":"B. Brogna, F. Flammia, Flammia Fc, U Flammia","doi":"10.16966/2380-5498.166","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Most of bladder calculi are mobile, though stones formed on a suture or retained stent or on the intravesical portion of a papillary tumor are fixed. Generally, most of urinary calculi are calcium oxalate dehydrate monohydrate stones with a regular, homogeneous appearance and smooth margin. During endoscopic examinations they appear black, whereas Jackstone calculi are irregular and yellow [2]. Calcium oxalate dehydrate monohydrate stones are less susceptible to fragmentation through lithotripsy.","PeriodicalId":92052,"journal":{"name":"International journal of nephrology and kidney failure","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International journal of nephrology and kidney failure","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.16966/2380-5498.166","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Most of bladder calculi are mobile, though stones formed on a suture or retained stent or on the intravesical portion of a papillary tumor are fixed. Generally, most of urinary calculi are calcium oxalate dehydrate monohydrate stones with a regular, homogeneous appearance and smooth margin. During endoscopic examinations they appear black, whereas Jackstone calculi are irregular and yellow [2]. Calcium oxalate dehydrate monohydrate stones are less susceptible to fragmentation through lithotripsy.