Bilateral kidney matrix stones: a rare case

• Published in: The Pan African medical journal Vol. 25; no. 102; p. 102
• Main Authors: Lahyani, Mounir, Rhannam, Yassine, Slaoui, Amine, Touzani, Alae, Karmouni, Tarik, Elkhader, Khalid, Koutani, Abdellatif, Andaloussi, Ahmed Ibn Attya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Uganda African Field Epidemiology Network 2016; The African Field Epidemiology Network; The Pan African Medical Journal
• Subjects: Case Report; Humans; Kidney Calculi - diagnosis; Kidney Calculi - pathology; Kidney Calculi - surgery; kidney stone; Male; matrix; Middle Aged; Nephrostomy, Percutaneous - methods; open surgery; pcnl; Treatment Outcome; Ureteral Calculi - diagnosis; Ureteral Calculi - pathology; Ureteral Calculi - surgery; Ureteroscopy - methods; Urinary Tract Infections - etiology; open surgery; PCNL; matrix; Kidney stone
• ISSN: 1937-8688; 1937-8688
• DOI: 10.11604/PAMJ.2016.25.102.7926

Kedney matrix stones are a rare form of calculi. Flank pain and urinary tract infections (UTI) are the most common presentations of matrix calculi. The diagnosis is usually made at surgery, but some preoperative radiographic findings might be suggestive. Open surgery was the method of choice for treatment. However, combination of ureterorenoscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) was found to be safe and effective. We report a rare case of renal and ureteral matrix stones that were diagnosed and treated by open surgery. We also describe its clinical, radiological and therapeutic features through a review of the literature.