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case_images: Radiographic ventro-dorsal (A) and radiographic latero-lateral (B) projections of a 14 months old intact male Syrian hamster under general anesthesia showing a radio-opaque urolith (red circle).
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case_images: A ventro-dorsal and a latero-lateral radiographic projection showed the presence of a radio-opaque area in the caudal abdomen, compatible with the diagnosis of urolithiasis (Fig. 1).
case_images: Abdominal ultrasonographic image showing the empty bladder with a 3x3 mm hyper-echoic urolith, producing a black acoustic shadow.
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case_images: F2
case_images: Abdominal ultrasonography showed an irregular, hyper-echoic urolith (3x3 mm) producing a black acoustic shadow inside the empty bladder (Fig. 2).
case_images: Surgical view of the cystotomy. The Syrian hamster was positioned in dorsal recumbency, and the bladder was isolated with moistened gauzes.
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case_images: Once the bladder was exposed, it was isolated with gauze moistened with warm sterile saline (Fig. 3).
case_images: Particular of the urolith in relationship to a #11 surgical blade.
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case_images: A sterile urine sample, as well as the urolith (Fig. 4), were submitted to a diagnostic laboratory for culture and sensitivity, and composition of the stone.