A man visited a hospital because of bladder discomfort, and his doctors discovered a remarkably large bladder stone.
Bladder stones (vesical calculi) almost always form due to an underlying issue like urinary stasis, obstruction, or foreign bodies. High-risk populations include women with pelvic organ prolapse and ...
Lurking half-hidden behind the lower edge of the liver, the pear-shaped gall bladder serves as a storehouse for an essential substance—the thick, greenish bile (or gall) that the liver manufactures to ...
A bladder stone the size of a baseball—and with growth rings inside it just like a tree trunk—was spotted inside a 72-year-old woman. The woman, who has been paralyzed from the chest down for 30 years ...
Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer is cancer that’s only in the inner lining of your bladder. It hasn’t grown into the muscle wall. Your doctor may also call it superficial bladder cancer, urothelial ...