VizD Challenge Week of 12/3/07
Name that Stone?
1. A 33-year-old man presents with dry mouth and mandibular swelling
2. A 24-year-old man presents right flank pain.
3. A 42-year-old woman presents with right upper quadrant pain
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13 comments:
1. sialolithiasis - mostly composed of calcium and most often due to submandibular gland, warton's duct, obstruction.
2. renal calculus - calcium oxalate crystal
3. cholelithiasis - cholesterol stone
1. sialolith (salivary gland stone)
2. staghorn calculus
3. cholesterol gallstone
1. Sialolithiasis - Salivary Gland Stone
2. Ureterolithiasis - Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stone
3. Choledocholithiasis - Cholesterol Gallbladder Stone
1. Parotid stone
2. Kidney stone
3. Gall stone
1) Salivary gland stone
2) Kidney stone
3) Gall stone
-Matt Wong, MS1
1. Giant sialolith or "megalith" of the submandibular salivary gland
2. Kidney Stone- calcium oxalate stone
3. Gallstone- cholesterol stone
1-Sialolithiasis
2-Calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis
3-Cholesterol cholelith
1. Giant sialolith or "megalith" of the submandibular salivary gland
2. Kidney Stone- calcium oxalate stone
3. Gallstone- cholesterol stone
1) Sialolith
2) Renal calculus
3) Cholelith
ooh ooh. do you need specific types?
1. submandiublar gland stone causing sialdenitis. usually calcium phosphate and carbon
2. nephrolithiasis (kidney stone). usually calcium oxalate
3. choledocholithiasis (gallstone). likely cholesterol
Salivary duct stone, kidney stone, gallstone
1. Sialolithiasis - submandibular gland
2. Renal calculus
3. Cholelith
1. salivary duct stone
2. kidney stone
3. gall stone
old ERnurse
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