Disease or Syndrome
Staghorn calculi
Subclass of:
Kidney Calculi
Definitions related to staghorn calculi:
  • Renal calculi with a characteristic shape like antlers of a deer, formed as it extends into multiple calices of the RENAL PELVIS. A large number of staghorn calculi as well as other URINARY CALCULI are composed of STRUVITE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (staghorn calculus) Large branching stones that fill part of all of the renal pelvis and renal calyces and they can be complete or partial depending on the level of occupancy of the collecting system.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
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