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What does calcification outside the urinary system mean? it originally showed as a stone on the kub.

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Phlebolith: Most likely phleboliths, venous calcifications, hard to differentiate from a kidney stone on an X-Ray.

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Answered 6/28/2014

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