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Bladder Calcification Secondary to Ketamine

Thomas Jenyon,1 Graham Sole2 

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INTRODUCTION

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CASE REPORT

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Corresponding Author:

Thomas Jenyon, MRCP; MBBS; BSc; 
PCME
Hereford County Hospital, Hereford, 
HR1 2ER, UK

Tel: +44 143 235 5444
Fax: +44 014 323 44061
E-mail: tomjenyon@hotmail.com

Received April 2011
Accepted May 2011

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Birmingham University, West 

Midlands Deanary, UK
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Hereford County Hospital, UK

CASE  REPORT

Case Report



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Figure 1. Computed tomography scan showing bladder calcifi-
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Figure 2. Bladder calcification at cystoscopy.

Figure 3. Histology showing focal calcification and total ulcera-
tion of urothelium (×20).



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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST

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