The Silence of the Stones: Asymptomatic Ureteral Calculi

摘要: Purpose: We investigated the characteristics and diagnosis of primary asymptomatic ureteral calculi.Materials Methods: During a period 12 years stones were prospectively at Urological Stone Center. studied mode diagnosis, stone size, localization, composition, hydronephrosis grade patient characteristics.Results: Between 1995 2006 total 40 patients with identified among 3,711 (1.1%). Mean age 33 male 7 female was 58.3 (range 28.1 to 87.1). Localization 19 proximal, 3 mid 18 in distal ureter. size 10.0 mm (±6). Mode calculi randomly diagnosed 10 (25%), microscopic hematuria 8 (20%), on other than urological x-ray examination 13 (32.5%) during followup after previous nephrolithiasis 9 ...