Phleboliths

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Abstract
Phleboliths are cal-fied thrombi; are found mostly in the pelvis, and f as common in [female] as in [male]; 38.99% of pelvic roentgenograms at the Mayo Clinic showed phleboliths. They are between 1 and 10 mm. in diameter, the average being 4 mm. They occur generally in the periprostatic plexus of [male] and the uterine plexus of [female]. Their cause is lack of muscular support to the veins, stasis, undernourishment, infection and calcification. The author also discusses means of distinguishing phleboliths in roentgenographic shadows from stones in the ducts of glands, bladder and ureters.

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