I was once asked to analyse a similar "stone" that a patient claimed to have
passed. Vigorous use of the pestle and mortar removed the outer coating to
reveal a large lump of plumber's flux.
Jan Still
(happily retired)
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From: Woodrow Iain <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, 18 February, 2011 10:36:58
Subject: Odd request for a Friday: ?gallstone
Hi all,
We have received a specimen from a GP patient of a "stone" passed rectally and
the GP wants to know if it's a gallstone. Does anyone know where this sort of
analysis might be done, and if there is any benefit in doing the analysis? My
('scuse the pun) gut feeling is that it would have take a long time to get a
result and for little benefit, and that the patient should be referred for
urgent USS to see if he is has any evidence of stones.
For what it's worth, the object is more an irregular discoid shape than a
spheroid as you might expect a "stone" to be, it's black (which isn't the way
gallstones look in pictures from Goggle), and very hard. It's about the size of
a £2 coin (for anyone outside the UK that's about $3.20...), and the depth of
maybe three or four of them.
Any suggestions gratefully received
Regards,
Iain
Dr Iain Woodrow,
Clinical Scientist,
Department of Clinical Biochemistry,
Pinderfields General Hospital,
Wakefield
WF1 4EE
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