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    What is a concretion or a study of change or a staghorn that is a pain in the back?

    Question #104442. Asked by edmund80. (Apr 05 09 11:21 PM)


    queproblema

    		Calculus.

    "1. Pathology. An abnormal concretion in the body, usually formed of mineral salts and found in the gallbladder, kidney, or urinary bladder, for example."
    http://www.answers.com/topic/calculus

    "Most basically, calculus is the study of change, in the same way that geometry is the study of space."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus

    "Sometimes a very large calculus nearly fills the calyceal system, with extensions into calyces that give the appearance of a stag's (deer) horns. Hence, the name 'staghorn calculus'."
    http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/RENAHTML/RENAL196.html



    Apr 06 09, 1:59 AM
    edmund80

    		Yes, and below are more links about the painful staghorn calculus, including some images that show why it is named that way.

    http://www.uronv.com/kidney_stones.html
    http://books.google.com/books?id=tMLPmIQ8IagC&pg=PA463&lpg=PA463&dq=staghorn+calculus+%2B+back+pain&source=bl&ots=61b5M6Qc1w&sig=OyZNd2xFucmyvO8VFGPw25gmTJg#PPA463,M1

    Apr 06 09, 10:29 AM

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