A kidney stone, also known as a renal calculus (from the Latin ren, "kidney" and calculus, "pebble") is a solid concretion or crystal aggregation formed in the kidneys from dietary minerals in the urine. Urinary stones are typically classified by their location in the kidney (nephrolithiasis), ureter (ureterolithiasis), or bladder (cystolithiasis), or by their chemical composition (calcium-containing, struvite, uric acid, or other compounds). Kid...
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Parent Disease:
- Calculus of kidney and ureter ,
- Nephropathy ,
- Male urologic disease ,
- Complications of pregnancy ,
- Female urologic disease
Also known as:
- Renal calculi,
- Kidney stones,
- Kidney stones in women,
- Ureterolithiasis,
- Urolithiasis,
- Nephrolithiasis
