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. 1981 Oct;126(4):452-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)54571-1.

A 1,500-year-old bladder stone

J M Streitz, A C Aufderheide, M El Najjar, D Ortner

A 1,500-year-old bladder stone

J M Streitz et al. J Urol. 1981 Oct.

Abstract

A calcium oxalate calculus was found in the anatomically normal bladder of a 1,500-year-old native American male mummy from the Northeastern Arizona Basketmaker cultural group. Results of analysis by chemical, optical, spectrographic and x-ray diffraction methods are listed and compared to several other reported prehistoric uroliths.

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