Pelvic Phleboliths

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Abstract
Few meical phenomena are more readily recog-nized yet regularly relegated to a position of inconsequence as the presence of pelvic phleboliths. Over a century has passed since Rokitansky1 confirmed the presence of calcified masses attached to pelvic veins, and it is nearly 70 years since these masses were identified radiologically.2 Phleboliths are now agreed to be calcified blood clots in pelvic veins. They are frequently multiple, and, since they are usually observed near the line of the ureters, their only recognized importance is their liability to be mistaken for ureteric calculi.Geographical DistributionAs with many other characteristically Western diseases, . . .