Sampalmieri Gregorio, Moretti Antonello, Sampalmieri Matteo
U.O.C. di Urologia, Ospedale S. Spirito, Roma - Italy.
Urologia. 2014 Apr-Jun;81(2):133-7. doi: 10.5301/urologia.5000046. Epub 2014 Jan 20.
We present here two special cases of urolithiasis. The first one shows a giant bladder lithiasis resulting in severe renal insufficiency in a 63-year-old patient, who had previously had nicturia (2-3 times), occasional episodes of urinary frequency and burning micturition, in the absence of renal colic, hematuria or interrupted urination. The second case referes to an 85-year-old man suffering from prostatic enlargement and bladder stones, hospitalized to undergo intervention of trans-vesical prostatic adenomectomy, during which two star-shaped stones were found without obvious symptoms.