Bladder stones

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Bladder stones

  • Bladder stones can vary greatly in size and position. They are more common in patients who are immobile or have urinary stasis.

Bladder stones and phleboliths

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Bladder stones and phleboliths

  • This is a very large bladder stone.
  • The small foci of calcification seen on both sides of the stone are phleboliths, which are calcified foci within veins.
  • Phleboliths can be confused with ureteric stones at the vesicoureteric junction (VUJ). This patient did not have features of ureteric obstruction, making VUJ stones very unlikely.

Bladder stones

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Bladder stones

  • Numerous bladder stones fill the bladder.

Page author: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust UK (Read bio)

Last reviewed: October 2019