Management of a kidney stone in ectopic pelvic kidney with extracorporeal shockwave litothripsy: Description of a case and revision of literature

Abstract

Urolithiasis is one of the most frequent dis-Summary ease in the population and it represents one of the most frequent causes of access to emergency department. In addition. congenital anomalies occur more often in the kidney than in any other organ and the association of both renal abnormalities and stones is of clinical relevance. In this report, we discuss a case of a women with pelvic ectopic kidney affected by a large pyelic stone treated with ESWL (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy).