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The largest kidney stones most doctors ever get to see is the size of a Golf ball.
So surgeons in Hungary were taken aback when they removed a stone the size of a coconut from a man earlier today.
Sandor Sarkadi underwent an abdominal operation in Debrecen, 150 miles east of Budapest, after doctors discovered he had a kidney stone inside him that was 17 centimetres in diameter.
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Huge: Patient Sandor Sarkadi has had this 17 centimetre in diameter kidney stone removed
Mr Sardaki was rushed into an operation theatre in the Kenez Gyula Hospital when an X-ray revealed he was carrying around the gigantic lump.
The delicate procedure to remove the stone, which weighed a staggering 2.48lbs, passed without incident.
Kidney stones vary in size. They can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball, which makes Mr Sarkadi's stone all the more remarkable.
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Urologist Judit Csorba holds the huge kidney stone up for Mr and Mrs Sarkadi to see
Most stones pass through the body by themselves within hours or a few days. Doctors advise patients to drink a lot of fluids to help this process, and sometimes recommend a special diet.
Stones of a larger variety have to be surgically removed.
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An X-ray earlier in the day revealed the sheer size of Mr Sardaki's stone
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1124329/Pictured-The-2-5lb-kidney-stone-size-coconut-surgeons-removed-mans-stomach.html#ixzz0fhLKf2lP
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Can you pass a 9MM kidney stone?
It is not likely that a 9mm kidney stone is going to be passed without assistance.
In my left claxy kidney 4.4mm is stone is its normal?
The word is actually Calyx. If you have a kidney stone 4.4mm, it is not normal but can still be passed since it is small.
Is it possible to rupture a kidney stone?
A kidney stone can cause damage to the kidney.
If you have a kidney stone in one kidney will you get one in the other kidney?
A patient who has had a single kidney stone has about a 50% chance of developing another stone. Whether you will develop a second kidney stone in the opposite kidney, depends in part on the reason for the formation of the stones.
Do you have a stone in you when you have a kidney stone?
No
If a kidnney stone comes out of a male penis what does that mean?
You obviously just peed out your kidney stone you have had in your kidney/ureters. It means you had a kidney stone
How do you kill a kidney stone?
You break apart a kidney stone with ultrasonic waves.
When you have a surgery to remove a kidney stone will I be in pain?
It is likely you will be in pain as long as you have the kidney stone.
What is the pH of a kidney stone?
This "stone" is a solid.
What makes our right kidney slightly?
the kidney stone
What is a spot on a kidney?
a kidney stone :P LOL
Can swelling in your stomach be due to kidney stone?
yes, because your kidneys can swell and most of the time when your back swell like that its due to a kidney stone
