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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2664-2891</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista científica ciencias de la salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. cient. cienc. salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2664-2891</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad del Pacífico]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2664-28912022000100125</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.53732/rccsalud/04.01.2022.125</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Litiasis vesical gigante recurrente en el adulto. Reporte de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Recurrent giant bladder stones in the adult. Case report]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Funes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patricia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Granado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dominich]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rivas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lourdes]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Echague]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gloria]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Guillén]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosa]]></given-names>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>4</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>125</fpage>
<lpage>129</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2664-28912022000100125&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2664-28912022000100125&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2664-28912022000100125&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La ocurrencia de casos de cálculos urinarios considerados como gigantes ha disminuido sensiblemente en su frecuencia desde el advenimiento de los antibióticos y el control apropiado de las infecciones urinarias. El diagnóstico de los mismos se da por sintomatología y estudios de imágenes. Se presenta el caso clínico de un hombre de 59 años de edad con litiasis vesical gigante recurrente. El paciente fue diagnosticado de dos litiasis de origen vesical tras realización de una tomografía axial computarizada del aparato urinario y posteriormente se le realizó una cistolitotomía para extracción de los cálculos de hasta 1435 g. El análisis morfoconstitucional de los cálculos reveló a la Brushita, Carbapatita y Estruvita como componentes principales. La evaluación metabólica señaló presencia de hipocitraturia e hiperoxaluria. Es el primer reporte en el país acerca de una litiasis gigante en que la composición de los cálculos indicaría procesos infecciosos como posibles causas de formación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The occurrence of cases of urinary stones considered as giant has decreased significantly in its frequency since the advent of antibiotics and the appropriate control of urinary tract infections. The diagnosis of them is based on symptomatology and imaging studies. We present a case of a 59-year-old man with recurrent giant bladder stones. The patient was diagnosed with two vesical stones after performing a computerized axial tomography of the urinary system and later a cystolithotomy was performed to remove stones of up to 1,435 g. The morphoconstitutional analysis of the calculus revealed brushite, carbapatite and struvite as main components. The metabolic evaluation indicated the presence of hypocitraturia and hyperoxaluria.This is the first report in the country of a giant lithiasis in which the composition of the stones would indicate infectious processes as the possible causes of formation.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vejiga urinaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infecciones urinarias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[recurrencia.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[urinary calculi]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[urinary bladder]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[urinary tract infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[recurrence.]]></kwd>
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