Thursday, August 19, 2010

Kidney Stone Riddle

I was at my great aunt's 90th birthday party on Tuesday and was chatting with a neighbor. He mentioned that after being treated for kidney stones he couldn't speak for 6 months.

My face screwed up as I tried to figure out what the hell he was talking about. His next sentence explained everything.

What happened?

Other hints: his stone were conventional calcium oxalate stones, and he had recurrent stones.

I'll leave the update later today or tomorrow.

5 comments:

  1. Complication of parathyroidectomy?

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  2. Recurrent nerve injury after parathyroidectomy because of primary hyperparathyroidism?

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  3. recurrent laryngeal nerve is one of the common complication of parathyroidectomy. I guess thats it!

    NJ

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  4. One of my attendings says that there are urologists who take out parathyroids. That's kinda freaky.

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