Giant vaginal lithiasis in spinal cord injury related neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: diagnostic…

Case reportSpinal cord series and cases· Aug 2026

Giant vaginal lithiasis in spinal cord injury related neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: diagnostic pitfall with upper urinary tract deterioration.

Tudor-Mihai Magdaș, Bogdan Adrian Buhas, Sofia Anamaria Ferțadi, Dan Vasile Stanca

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Giant 10×5.7 cm vaginal calculus mimicked a bladder stone on computed tomography

Giant vaginal lithiasis in spinal cord injury related neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: diagnostic pitfall with upper urinary tract deterioration.

Tudor-Mihai Magdaș … Dan Vasile Stanca

Spinal cord series and cases · Aug 2026

Background

Vaginal lithiasis is exceptionally rare and may mimic vesical lithiasis on imaging, particularly in women with spinal cord injury (spinal cord injury) and neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (nLUTD).

Results

10 × 5.7 cm

one of the largest vaginal stones on record, and it was mistaken for a bladder stone

More results

Delayed recognition may cause recurrent infection, obstructive uropathy and upper urinary tract deterioration.

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CASE PRESENTATION: A 38-year-old woman with a T6 ASIA Impairment Scale (ASIA Impairment Scale) grade A spinal cord injury and nLUTD after epidural abscess drainage presented with continuous urinary leakage, recurrent febrile urinary tract infections and progressive renal impairment.

Urine culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Conclusion

After risk stratification, structured long-term surveillance of the upper urinary tract and awareness among spinal cord-injured individuals and physicians are crucial to prevent complications and recurrence.

Giant vaginal lithiasis in spinal cord injury related neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: diagnostic pitfall with upper urinary tract deterioration.

Giant vaginal lithiasis in spinal cord injury related neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: diagnostic pitfall with upper urinary tract deterioration.

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