Diseases

Staghorn Calculi

Renal calculi with a characteristic shape like antlers of a deer, formed as it extends into multiple calices of the RENAL PELVIS. A large number of staghorn calculi as well as other URINARY CALCULI are composed of STRUVITE.

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Renal calculi with a characteristic shape like antlers of a deer, formed as it extends into multiple calices of the RENAL PELVIS. A large number of staghorn calculi as well as other URINARY CALCULI are composed of STRUVITE.

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  • Calculi, Staghorn
  • Calculus, Staghorn
  • Staghorn Calculus

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2017

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  • Kidney Calculi (1963-2016)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Staghorn Calculi. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000069856. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000069856
  2. Staghorn Calculi. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65178442