Vaginal calculus as a late complication of bladder exstrophy

J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2003 Oct;16(5):285-7. doi: 10.1016/s1083-3188(03)00148-7.

Abstract

Study objective: To document an unusual finding of a vaginal calculus in a patient with bladder exstrophy.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Tertiary Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Participants: Fourteen year old female.

Interventions: Cystotomy, introitoplasty.

Main outcome: Removal of vaginal calculus.

Measures: None.

Results: Documentation and removal of a vaginal calculus.

Conclusions: Vaginal calculi should be included in the differential diagnosis of urolithiasis in patients with bladder exstrophy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bladder Exstrophy / complications*
  • Bladder Exstrophy / surgery
  • Calculi / diagnosis
  • Calculi / etiology*
  • Calculi / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Radiography
  • Ultrasonography
  • Vagina / diagnostic imaging
  • Vagina / surgery
  • Vaginal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Vaginal Diseases / etiology*
  • Vaginal Diseases / surgery