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Spontaneous disappearance of staghorn calculus

Kettering and District General Hospital, Rothwell Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN16 8UZ

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I read with interest the report by McGann et al (1991).

There are earlier reports than theirs of spontaneous disappearance of staghorn calculi. Elliot (1954) reviewed the literature to that date and collected 13 cases of spontaneous dissolution of renal calculi to which he added a further four cases. Not all of these fulfilled McGann's criteria, but all involved large stones which disappeared without treatment.

Received for publication March 2, 1992. Accepted for publication April 8, 1992.