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Antenatal diagnosis of fetal renal calculus.

Rhodes C, Churchill D, Hulton SA

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK. cathyrhodes@doctors.org.uk

Pediatric urolithiasis is commonly associated with structural renal tract anomalies and metabolic disorders. Antenatal diagnosis of renal calculi is extremely rare, with only one report in the literature. We present a case of renal stone formation diagnosed at 34 weeks' gestation on ultrasound examination.

Published 28 April 2005 in Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 25(5): 517-8.
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